On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > > I suppose though, that the update mechanism could be modified to check > > for an updated package in the repositories and then offer to upgrade > > by calling ips to do it. > > Though remember the Debian/IceWeasel situation - all changes like that > must be approved by the Mozilla Foundation or you'll have to change the > name from Thunderbird to something like StormFowl.
Wait...so you can remove the update functionality completely without approval, but you need approval to put in your own update mechanism? Bizarre. I didn't think operating system specific issues like updates were covered by their trademark restrictions. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
