Em Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:26:51 -0500 John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
> I understand that this tool may be aimed at those that don't have a > great deal of experience, but I think that you are presenting > misleading information to everyone. Exactly. > To say that any library fixing security problems will require a reboot > is outrageous. It is quite possible to restart any impacted services > instead. You're second-guessing the administrator's judgment. Not really; if the machine does have an 'administrator': 1) they would probably be using their own methods of keeping software up-to-date 2) they'd know when to reboot, and would ignore the message (that's what I'd do) > If you were to call this a *suggested reboot*, with text that states > that a person could also achieve the desired effect by simply > restarting certain processes, I'd have no problem with it. Even with those arguments in mind, do you have a suggested text that would still be good for beginners? > I like the idea of this program, but this particular thing gives me > the impression that Debian is regressing to something that's no > better than Windows Update under Windows 98. It will not be disturbing you every once in a while, like windows update, heh. So, again, notice that if a machine is on a network administered centrally or has an 'administrator' for some other reason, there would be no real need for update-notifier to be even installed, so I'd like to focus here on end-user desktops, only. See you, -- Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://people.debian.org/~kov/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]