Comment 9 for bug 659106

"Of course immediately there is only one thing we can do for Maverick and that's add something appropriate to the Maverick release notes. Then we can work on correcting things for Natty."

Actually, is there better hope than that? Sometimes there's an xx.x.1 release of Ubuntu. If there's any hope of a 10.10.1 then fixing this is a huge opportunity that mustn't be missed. Perhaps it's even a good enough reason alone for a 10.10.1?

I thoroughly endorse the comments that others have made, here and in the related bugs... typically you only have one chance to make a good impression with a new user. Wiping out their system means most won't try Linux again for several years and it's hard to believe they won't tell the story to their friends. This term I started helping a group of 20 inexperienced XP and Vista users. I was looking forward to exposing them to Ubuntu and setting up any willing guinea pigs with a dual boot. Thank Goodness I saw this bug (because it was reported by a friend at my local LUG, otherwise I would have been blissfully unaware) and could shelve the idea until such time as there's a release I can trust again.