Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Shane Fagan
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 22:49 -0400, Nathan Dorfman wrote: Personally, I would prefer it, and I think it's quite reasonable. Thoughts? You have to remember that not everyone has broadband and not everyone can download/upload that much. Checking hourly does add up to a lot of network activity and

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Joao Pinto
Keep in mind that checking for updates involves a non-trivial download of package lists from all repositories the user is subscribed to. Unfortunately, it is a much more intense operation than it appears. AFAIK the download is only performed if the packages list was changed, if the local

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Shane Fagan
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 08:07 +0100, Joao Pinto wrote: Keep in mind that checking for updates involves a non-trivial download of package lists from all repositories the user is subscribed to. Unfortunately, it is a much more intense operation than it

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Nathan Dorfman
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Shane Fagan shanepatrickfa...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 22:49 -0400, Nathan Dorfman wrote: Personally, I would prefer it, and I think it's quite reasonable. Thoughts? You have to remember that not everyone has broadband and not everyone can

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread jonas . diaz . 1866
I think is very simple...that option can be added but not make it the default choice, so anyone that can and want to activate it will be satisfied. We are just making Ubuntu richer in users' options. Atte. Jonas. Enviado desde mi dispositivo movil BlackBerry® de Digitel. -Original

Mentioning Papercuts in the !development page

2010-06-23 Thread Vishnoo
Hi, While going through the Ubuntu Development wiki [1] , I noticed a few things that struck me as out of place, the mention of bugsquad and the communication subsections. However, I was enlightened to the usefulness of those subsections being present there. Which made me wonder if we can have a

firefox 3.6.4 upgrade

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Pardee
I have some questions/concerns about the impending Firefox 3.6.4 upgrade for all current versions of Ubuntu. When firefox is run for the first time after this upgrade a window pops up saying: 15 new add-ons have been installed For the average home user, that is probably not a big deal, although

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Nathan Dorfman
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM, jonas.diaz.1...@gmail.com wrote: I think is very simple...that option can be added but not make it the default choice, so anyone that can and want to activate it will be satisfied. We are just making Ubuntu richer in users' options. I agree. This is exactly

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread jonas . diaz . 1866
Uhmmm I don't like that option very much, because imagine that the security updates are being installed and I'm in a hurry and I need to shutdown the machine, I assume that It'll will bother you if Ubuntu tells you that you cannot shutdown the PC. Or there's a black out, something that is very

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
Nathan Dorfman n...@rtfm.net wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Nathan Dorfman n...@rtfm.net wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM,  jonas.diaz.1...@gmail.com wrote: I think is very simple...that option can be added but not make it the

Re: Shouldn't update-manager's check for updates setting have an hourly option?

2010-06-23 Thread Nathan Dorfman
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Nathan Dorfman n...@rtfm.net wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Nathan Dorfman n...@rtfm.net wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM,  jonas.diaz.1...@gmail.com