On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Otto Haliburton
<ottohaliburton(a)tx.rr.com> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "nodata" <lsof(a)nodata.co.uk>
To: "Development discussions related to Fedora"
<fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: packages requiring me to reboot...
> Am 2009-12-16 18:21, schrieb Seth Vidal:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, nodata wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> we're talking about the experienced user who is comfortable knowing
>>>> what
>>>> does and does not need a reboot.
>>>>
>>>> All I'm saying is - we've not taken away any option, the
experienced
>>>> user can do what they want.
>>>>
>>>> -sv
>>>>
>>>
>>> True, but the default should be sensible.
>>
>> And the default is sensible for the inexperienced user:
>>
>> Don't try to explain to the user how to restart the apps individually,
>> tell them to bounce the box and it will be the right version when it
>> comes back.
>>
>> -sv
>>
>
> On the other hand I think requiring more reboots than Windows is a bad
> thing...
>
windows update will automatically reboot your system when it automatically
updates it
windows tried the optional stuff but now almost every case it requires a
restart.
I don't like the term "experienced user" and I never feel comfortable
adding myself to that group but anyway,
- I don't want Windows to automatically reboot so I disable the
automatic Windows Update on the machines I'm using.
- I don't want my Fedora to reboot automatically so I disable and
remove PackageKit on the machines I'm using.
There isn't that much I could say about the times Fedora ask for a
reboot but at least I think it's kind of "unfair" to compare it with
an OS which pushes their updates just once a month.
Just my € 0.02.
--
With kind regards / Met vriendelijke groet,
Eelko Berkenpies
http://blog.berkenpies.nl/