Most of the beneficiaries of this change won't notice it. So let me say
thank you here.
Thanks to the developers for taking this action.
Thanks to those established users who know that IPv6 is an issue, for
making a small sacrifice to help out new users - like me - who don't
know that.
It's
Well, interesting debate. Glad I've made a difference by resurrecting
the defect - though getting it put onto the wishlist was not actually
what I hoped for!
Perhaps Vicenzo you are right that this needs to go onto a developer
discussion, and not just because the defect has been iced. There are
By that same token of advice, why not just disable IPv6 yourself?
I have done!
It took me eight hours of my own time, spread over several days, and the
involvement of five members of the Ubuntu community on the newbie forum,
to work out that I needed to do that.
I would have been seriously
Vicenzo Ciancia wrote: I think it would be better to disable it until a
better solution is found. I have seen bugs wait for months an important
decision leaving users machines broken, when a quick fix was known ...
I agree 100%. And with Vicenzo's other comments.
Trent Lloyd wrote: Windows
Please raise this to critical and schedule into Feisty.
It's critical because it's part of the post-installation user experience
and damages Ubuntu's credibility exactly in the eyes of those whom its
trying to reach. This bug's been open for 14 months now, and is trivial
to fix, so obviously any
