PackageKit run scheduling?

[Robin Laing]

Beartooth wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:31:01 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> 	[...]
>>> Is there a way to control when PackageKit runs?  I'd like to schedule
>>> it to download and install all updates at 3 AM, every night.
>> There's not yet a "time" option, although that would be a valid feature
>> request. Such a time option begs the question about secondary policy,
>> like what to do if the user specifies updates should be installed at 5AM
>> and then goes to bed early for two weeks.
>>
>>> Alternatively, how do I disable PackageKit entirely?
>> System -> Preferences -> Software updates, although I would prefer you
>> help us fix the problem, rather than taking that option :-)
> 
> 	Not to be contentious, but because I want to know if I'm missing 
> anything : what is the benefit of running PackageKit, rather than "yum 
> clean all" followed by "yum update" at *my* convenience daily? 
> 

I don't do the "yum clean all" but I prefer manually doing updates when 
it is convenient for me.  Due to my work, I sometimes don't update for 3 
or 4 days because of application issues.

-- 
Robin Laing