Comment 19 for bug 263555

It's been almost a day since discussion on this issue resumed.

The Alpha 6 image are still up with no warning present.

I always assume that an Alpha or Beta release may break things to where I need to reinstall the OS. Battery life could be bad. Etc. But this is literally capable of *destroying* peoples hardware. It's a whole different ball game. Even the LiveCDs are affected, and people testing them can reasonably assume there will be no hardware impact on their system even if it is an Alpha.

These images need to be pulled from availablility *now*. Major mirror sites need to be notified.

If the release becomes '8.11' instead of '8.10' because of it, so what. We are talking about destroying motherboards here. Replacing a laptop motherboard can cost > $500.

If this is not dealt with, I will no longer be able to recommend Ubuntu to friends and family. The attitude of 'release on time at all costs' already caused many issues with 8.04, and now people are seriously suggesting continuing distribution of disc images that literally destroy hardware?