Its not entirely uncommon, that there are serious bugs in the included packages on the install DVD, which are only discovered a week after it has been released.
The problem is, sometimes these bugs prevent the users computer from booting. Since its not possible to easily upgrade installed packages from the install DVD via the internet after they have been installed, some users need to wait 6 months for the next release just to be able to boot into their installation. Even if the bug is fixed in the repos 3 days after official release (because there is no easy way for them to upgrade their packages). The liveCD's don't get upgraded, so even though the repos get updated, the liveCD's dont!
And those who say "who cares, this isn't a problem", should remember I am in this situation. I need to manually edit grub to be able to boot at all. Newbies wont bother with that, they will just use the CD as a coaster. And grub still doesn't appear it will be fixed for me in time for hardy, so that means anyone in the same position as me (but who don't know how to use grub command line), wont be able to use ubuntu at all. Yet, the bug may be fixed in 2 weeks, which is too late for me
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