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[Adam Porter <855793@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kubuntu will remain a joke as long as it continues to push out software
that is broken by default.  Muon may be great software, but it should
not be the default as long as it's broken!  How can we "evangelize"
Kubuntu when it can't even update itself in a fresh install?  This is
the FOURTEENTH release of Kubuntu, and UPDATING is broken by default.

This is just disgraceful.  Someone needs to have the AUTHORITY to step
in and say, "This software is not ready for release," and either delay
the Kubuntu release or keep the broken software out of the release.
KPackageKit may not have been great, but it WORKED.

This is one of the pitfalls of having inflexible time-based releases.
Debian wouldn't push out a release if something as basic as updating was
broken.  I don't care if Kubuntu 11.10 became 11.11 or 11.12 or 12.01--
it shouldn't be pushed out the door until it's WORKING!  It would even
be better to skip a release than to push out one that's broken by
default!

What's the problem?  Why doesn't someone prevent the release from going
out until it's ready?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855793

Title:
  Kubuntu 11.10 beta 1: Error upgrading using muon

Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  After installing Kubuntu 11.10 beta 1 in Virtualbox 4.1.2 (during
  installation I did not select to get updates) I tried to do a full
  update using muon package manager.

  The download of packages completed successfully but the installation
  process stuck on 20 %  on kate package update.

  After waiting for a long time ( about 1 hour), I killed the update
  process.

  Then, I restarted the virtual machine but my system is not functional
  (e.g no network, no sound, no way to perform updates).

  System Information
  --------------------------
  Description:  Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)

  Release:  11.10

  Architecture/Processor/Kernel
  ------------------------------
  3.0.0-9-generic  i686  i386 GNU/Linux

  Muon Package Info
  --------------------------
  Package: muon
  Status: install ok installed
  Priority: optional
  Section: kde
  Installed-Size: 328
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Architecture: i386
  Version: 1.2.0-0ubuntu2

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