Comment 44 for bug 86184

> Ok, it was just that "wasting time on things like Unity"
> seamed a bit rude an unnecessary.

I hear you. My point wasn't that Ubuntu should not be pursuing new features but, rather, that they need to get basic functionality working and stable first. It just seems that, all too often, we just get everything working, and then the next upgrade breaks things all over again. I realize that there are complexities in making different components work together, especially when they're always changing. However, this particular issue has plagued Ubuntu on and off for 4 years now. Duplicate defects (each with their own lists of comments) for this issue have been logged 16 separate times. I suspect that it has taken a back seat to other issues mainly because it's perceived as being cosmetic in nature. I want to raise awareness that many of the people asking and waiting for this bug to be fixed are not just interested in trying out the latest 'eye candy'. For some, it really is a functional issue.

> Do you think we should maybe promote this bug to a paper cut?

Sure, if that will help get it resolved faster. However, given that it's been fixed before and tends to keep resurfacing in subsequent releases, I think there also needs to be a quality control process at Canonical where certain known recurring issues specifically get tested during each release cycle.