On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Dan Kegel <[email protected]> wrote: > This isn't an idle question... the ISV I work > for is pondering how to package its app > and how to push out security updates to all customers > promptly. > I can't recall any standard mechanisms to make this > happen other than, um, having the package install > a daily crontab script to update itself via the appropriate > "apt-get install foo" or "yum install foo" command.
o Wouldn't doing the update silently actually rob the ISV of demonstrating value ? ie. Showing that the update is available quickly and allowing an audit trail for installing the update should work out as a win for both ISV and customer. o PackageKit does allow the end user to specify which kind/category of updates that can be installed automagically - does that meet one part of the requirement ? -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
