Tech Spec: Software Updates

[Jiri Eischmann]

Mathieu Bridon píše v St 26. 02. 2014 v 21:37 +0800:
> On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 14:25 +0100, Jiri Eischmann wrote:
> > But what really worries me is a much higher number of users
> > with broken package databases or even whole systems asking for help on
> > forums. When we got down to the problem we found out the user
> > interrupted offline updates (they took too long, or they even got stuck
> > and they didn't even know the system was being updated).
> > 
> > The offline updates as they are done now seem to be confusing to them. 
> > I see more and more often advices from experienced users such as "if you
> > want reliable updates, use yum update" which is probably not the kind of
> > solution we want for workstation users.
> > 
> > I know we're not switching back to online updates, but we might want to
> > reassess how they're done now. Maybe making more obvious that the system
> > is being updated and the process is not yet over, or excluding packages
> > that really don't need offline update so that the update time is much
> > shorter?
> 
> One problem was that the offline updates were extremely long. IIRC
> Richard already fixed some issues with that, and switching to Hawkey
> would make it even better.
> 
> Another problem is that there used to be no indication at all that an
> update was being performed. There now is something in the top-left
> corner of the boot screen.
> 
> Did those bad experience you mention happen before this was added?

>From what I've been able to find on forums now they were using F19. So
if it's at least partly fixed in F20, good for us.

Jiri