Thoughts on updates

[Nicu Buculei]

On 09/30/2009 08:07 AM, William Jon McCann wrote:
> Since it has come up recently, I figured I'd briefly mention that some
> people in the desktop team, QE, and release engineering had a few
> lunchtime chats about our update process.  I tried to write down some
> of what we talked about:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/Whiteboards/UpdateExperience
> 
> I later found out that there are a number of different initiatives
> underway that may help with this problem.  So, that is good news.
> 
> Interested to hear your thoughts.

Here is my biggest annoyance with updates: I get usually asked about
them right after I start the computer and have other important things to
do. I check the total size and if it is small enough, I apply it but if
is large (for example including an openoffice.org update), I postpone
the update, as I need the full bandwidth (for cheeking mails, reading
news, whatever). Good thing we have Delta RPMS, and the size is usually
much smaller than reported...

If the update needs a restart, I *never* do it right away: I started the
computer because I have things to do with it, not waste a couple of
minutes with a reboot.

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