Curious about how design decisions are made for Ubuntu's Unity? About
how the development team reacts to criticisms of its efforts? If you
are, then a moment of unusual -- and troubling -- clarity emerged last
week on Launchpad, Canonical's development site.
The moment takes the form of Bug #882274, filed by Tal Liron under the
title "Community engagement is broken." Although other people comment,
much of the discussion is between Liron, an active bug-filer, and Mark
Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder. Liron writes as an Ubuntu loyalist,
mostly succeeding in maintaining his politeness and trying to be
constructive, but his frustration and feelings of being ostracized are
obvious.