Comment 150 for bug 207072

Sebastien-

If you are referring to my earlier comment- I apologize. I very much appreciate ALL of the work that the volunteer developers and organizers put into Ubuntu. Without all of you, Ubuntu wouldn't happen, and I'm pretty sure we all realize this. My frustration lies in the fact that this has been a known bug for over 7 months that DOES affect a lot of people, and makes Ubuntu a complete failure in the corporate desktop and many small business markets. I suppose in Ubuntu's goal of being a Linux for the masses, that may not matter, as I will concede that many home users won't encounter this problem.

I also realize this is an upstream issue. Ubuntu's only real fault here lies in using a faulty Gnome release to make what was believed to be the majority of people happy. The problem is- I believe you (collectively, not personally) are doing the opposite. System administrators, network managers, and geeks in general (who DO work in ADS environments) are the ones "selling" and distributing Ubuntu within their organizations and among their friends. How am I supposed to tell the non-geek secretary for a non-profit I work for that she needs to "patch her gvfs" just so she can browse a network resource?

All that said- this bug was reported one month prior to the release of Hardy. Several similar/duplicate bugs were reported within days of it, including one of my own. It can't be said that it wasn't known about prior to Hardy's release, and it is certainly known now, less than a week before Intrepid gets release with the same bug.

At least it appears upstream finally took notice (they haven't touched it since July until late last week).

Once again, Sebastien and others, I DO appreciate your work on this. My goal is to convey my frustration in hopes that maybe someone takes notice and fixes this problem, and I believe that is where others who are complaining here are at too. I will be happy to help with testing or any other information that might push this along.