[Fedora-packaging] Disabling auto update functionality

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

Hello Richard,

On Sunday, 15 September 2013 at 16:28, Richard Fearn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any specific packaging guidelines related to software that
> has auto update functionality built in?
> 
> I am mainly interested in whether it's allowable to just disable this
> at runtime (if the software allows it), or if it needs to be removed
> at compile time.

I'd say any auto-update code that would try to overwrite what gets
installed with rpm should be removed. Fedora provides updates through
its repositories.

I thought we had a section about "downloaders" somewhere in the
Guidelines but I cannot find it at the moment.

Regards,
Dominik

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