[geeks] Why we don't use Beta software in production...

[nate at portents.com]

> On 03/31/10 15:27, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> It's no big deal, but I was suprised a 'killer' patch appears to have
>> made it out to a beta release...
>
> Why?  The last Ubuntu dist-upgrade (9.04 to 9.10) was so bad that some
> reports indicated 90% of users had *some* problem with it, and as many
> as 30% had showstopper problems they were unable to solve except by a
> clean reinstall.

One of my 9.04 to 9.10 upgrades went very smoothly, the other inexplicably
didn't.  My account of that is recorded here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1306690

> And, to be fair, this *is* beta 1 of Ubuntu 10.04.

Yeah, all bets are off with something like that as far as I'm concerned.

- Nate