The change from bash to dash is an example of a very aggressive change, very different from the "make it just work" policy that I thought Ubuntu had. Another example is my recent discovery that the installed gcc 4 is a prerelease 4.1.2. OSes should have very good reasons to ship prerelease software components, and I suspect there is no such good reason for gcc.
I'm OK with these changes, as long as it is made clear to users that Ubuntu is an OS suitable for reckless hobbyists, not real users trying to get real work done. For example, gentoo makes their attitude pretty clear. I will probably continue to use Ubuntu on my home machine, since I am a bit of a reckless hobbyist there myself, but will recommend NOT using Ubuntu at work, and will look around for a distribution that values reliability more for my next at-home experimental install. -- Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink https://launchpad.net/bugs/61463 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
