Important infrastructure announcement

[Les Mikesell]

Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 08:03 +0200, Leszek Matok wrote:
>> Actually, I think thousands of users are downloading at least the
>> metadata because there was no clear way of disabling PackageKit on
>> update. And the metadata, in theory, can exploit a bug in yum, all out
>> of sight of users.
> 
> Nice speculation, but I would rather wait for hard facts.
> 
>> That's what you get when you force users to download things in the
>> background for them. Told ya!
> 
> Apple and Microsoft both do the same. Unless we download and install
> security updates automatically then we are not a serious contender for
> the home market.

Ummm, does OS X really force updates if I uncheck the boxes that say 
'Check for updates (frequency drop-down)' and 'Download important 
updates automatically'?

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com