yum plugin suggestion or yum change?

[Gene C.]

On Monday 05 December 2005 15:43, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 12/5/05, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net> wrote:
> > Do you know why windows security sucks ? It's not because the patches
> > does not exist, it's just that applying them has historically been so
> > painful people do not bother. Why are you purposefully making yum use
> > painful as well ?
>
> I'm really not sure why you decided to through this in...but I'll
> bite. Yes or no... does Microsoft's XP auto updater understands the
> difference between critical and non-critical updates and does it offer
> all available updates as part of automated facility?
>
> Does MS's updater allow some critical updates to fail?

Apparently yes!

Anecdotal evidence:  
http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/006085.html#006085
-- 
Gene