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> What were they supposed to do, research shells for 2 weeks? Become expert Linux packagers in two sprints? Just to make an R installer? Yes? Or don't ship an

> What were they supposed to do, research shells for 2 weeks? Become expert Linux packagers in two sprints? Just to make an R installer? Yes? Or don't ship an R installer if you don't know what you're doing. I don't understand why they're given a pass for shipping a broken installer just because they might be amateurs who don't know what they're doing. At the end of the day this is a giant well known software corporation that is shipping laughably broken software. If you don't know what you're doing, then you shouldn't be shipping it. I don't care if its an application, an operating system, or an installer.

peterwwillis 8y ago
You do realize that Canonical [Ubuntu] has bricked and destroyed Linux systems with their installers and software updates, right? Here's Ubuntu 16.04 bricking systems with patches: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/meltdown-and-spectre-patches-causing-boot-issues-for-ubuntu-16-04-computers/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/meltdown-and-... Debian's updates causing PowerPC platforms to see random crashes and data corruption: https://news.softpedia.com/news/latest-debian-stretch-kernel-update-fixes-data-corruption-bug-on-powerpc-systems-520069.shtml https://news.softpedia.com/news/latest-debian-stretch-kernel... Here's Ubuntu 17.10 bricking Lenovo, Toshiba and Acer laptops: https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-17-10-bios-bug/ https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-17-10-bios-bug/ There are many open source vendors which ship shitty installers. In fact, virtually every software vendor I have ever used has had a shitty installer, if they even provide one. I don't think your idealistic position on software release reflects reality.