On 4/24/2010 11:23 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> Agreed. If I want updates, let me have whatever's available when I look.
> However, give me the option to schedule the update check.
>
> That is, I get to decide when and how to handle updates. You (the
> maintainers and packagers) just keep pushing th
Agreed. If I want updates, let me have whatever's available when I look.
However, give me the option to schedule the update check.
That is, I get to decide when and how to handle updates. You (the
maintainers and packagers) just keep pushing them into the pipeline.
On 04/23/2010 08:51 PM, Mail L
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 20:11 -0500, charles zeitler wrote:
> Thoughts? What is the best way to accomplish these two things?
The best way is to leave it alone. Let the user decide when he wants to
update. I can't see what problem this is supposed to be the answer to.
If the Package Update thing is
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 20:11 -0500, charles zeitler wrote:
> I propose we look at two things right away:
>
> 1. Limit the frequency of non-critical updates to once per week in
> stable releases
This was brought up, here, a few weeks back, and rightly shot down in
flames for being a bad thing.
If
On Friday 23 April 2010 06:51 PM, Mail Lists wrote:
>Enhance packagekit to offer update on scheduling if it doesn't already
> do that - or set it to download but not update ... or whatever makes you
> happy like using cron.
>
I think PackageKit already does that. :)
>You're treeing up the
Hi:
>
> 1. Limit the frequency of non-critical updates to once per week in
> stable releases
Do not create client policy on the server side - it is way to
restrictive and wont satisfy the client needs of many.
And, not using the full bandwidth is very suboptimal. (Like a 30
minute lawn wate
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:11:53 -0500
charles zeitler wrote:
> Thoughts? What is the best way to accomplish these two things?
How about just disabling the stupid applet that so frenetically
wants to nag you about updating, and only updating manually when
you feel like it? Works for me, and I don't
Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.
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From: William Jon McCann
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:02:47 -0400
Subject: Updates next steps
To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
Hey folks,
We discussed this a bit on IRC yesterday
