On 03/02/2010 06:06 PM, Björn Persson wrote:
Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 01:34 +0100, Björn Persson wrote:
>> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>> Even bugfix releases of KDE require a session restart to fully work.
>>
>> I consider that a serious design flaw in KDE and a strong argument
>> against releasing any KDE updates to stable releases other than fixes
>> for serious bugs. The only practical way to keep up with the Fedora
>> update firehose is to update every day and let the update run in the
>> background while I'm working. If I put it off until I'm about to turn
>> the computer off, then the updates will accumulate and updating will
>> take a long time when I finally do it. I might not have the time to sit
>> around and wait for the update to finish so that I can turn the computer
>> off, so I'll put it off again, and when the next opportunity comes the
>> list of updates will have grown even more. That's a vicious circle I
>> don't want to get into.
>
> We do need a "apply all updates and shut down" option.
That doesn't help much if I'm going to pack the laptop up in a bag and take it
with me. I'll still have to sit there and twiddle my thumbs while it updates.
I wonder if something like the windows download updates and inform me
when you've downloaded them crossed with the pre-upgrade type system
could solve your use case.