David Cantrell wrote:
But I explained in the previous reply how to cycle the interface using either the network service or NetworkManager. I still view this as something more technical users will be familiar with and for the average user, simply rebooting the system is the easiest method.
No, the easiest method is:
"The following updates require their respective services to be restarted for the updates to take effect. <List of services.> Proceed? [Yes] [No]"
Well, easiest for users. Not so much for developers :-).