[Sorry for sending the message only to you John =(] Em Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:03:52 -0500 John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
> Not if this is their first exposure to Debian. Say you were a > seasoned Solaris admin, and you installed Debian to play around with. > You get a prompt saying that you have to reboot because zlib or > something has been upgraded. Are you going to think this is a serious > operating system, suitable for server-class work? > > I doubt it. hmmm... I don't think a sane seasoned Solaris admin would evaluate a Unix-like operating system for server-class work by installing its 'Desktop' task, perhaps? Again, this is clearly targeted at Desktop users. > > > 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? > > How about: > > "Important packages [list the packages] have been upgraded and > provide security or stability improvements. The easiest way to > make these improvements take effect is to reboot your system. > However, you may alternatively manually restart any services > that use these packages without a reboot." Sounds good, I'll take a look at how that could work, perhaps tomorrow. Thanks! -- 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]
