I would understand if there would be bugs, and the staff would investigate and they wouldn’t be able to provide a solution. But to have a bug that can freeze the system, and then, luckily, come up with a fix that works, but chose to not deliver it through the update system, it’s so strange for me.
Why would they fix a bug if they don’t intend to share it with the world?!?!?! I bet there are users out there that experienced the bug and have no idea about this topic. Maybe they think that Ubuntu Mate is not stable, and that it randomly crashes. They would be right to think that. Except that it isn’t random, the developers know why it happens, but they refuse to fix it for the non-tech users.
For me, this attitude is so disappointing.
@Etamuk, I know 17.04 is a Short Term Support Version, but it is still in support. It’s the latest version, and it is supposed to be stable. Which it isn’t for the most users that click on Downloads in Firefox.