>> Ubuntu has had releases with certain key tools broken such as the GNOME >> Network configuration tool. >> > ---- > that I believe is an upstream issue that affects all distributions who > have updated GNOME. > Yeah, you are most probably right. I remember being told there was no maintainer for the tool in question. So it just got bundled along in the packaging. Great way to do a release. > Ubuntu is fine - if that gives Les what he's looking for, then I say, > great. What's the point of this ongoing discussion anyway? > It looked like Les was exploring the idea of trying something else and I have been through that and I thought I'd share some of the issues you get when you do that if you do not mind.