replying to the list

[John]

Matthew East wrote:

>>If Ubuntu's shipping broken software, then Ubuntu should be taking steps 
>>to get it fixed.
> 
> 
> Ubuntu tries to fix bugs in Ubuntu. Where bugs are upstream, often that
> is the best place for the bug to be fixed, and the bug is reported
> upstream.
> 
> 
>>If not, then its mailing lists should conform with the way the email 
>>clients it ships actually work.
> 
> 
> Mail clients should be able to handle mailing lists, not the other way
> round. But, if that's wrong, the default mail client in Ubuntu has the
> correct tools.

There are lots of people who don't like Evolution: are you saying they 
have to use it anyway?

There's problem with Mozilla derivatives now. Assuming they're all fixed 
tomorrow, it's likely to be years before users of Enterprise distros, 
yours, Red Hat's, Novel's, Mandriva (I think they have one now), 
Turbolinux, and Debian/Stable have the fix. It's not a security problem, 
Debian won't be rolling it out any time soon, unless it's changed its 
principles.

OTOH the list can be fixed easily, tomorrow, and it will work properly 
for everyone.