Re: [Ayatana] Updates on Login

2009-07-04 Thread Steve Dodier
I don't think (b) is a good idea for the following reasons : * When the user shuts the PC down, he doesn't expect to give it attention anymore. An update can fail or be interrupted for some reasons (package missing on a server, internet connectivity broken, kernel upgrade asks if the menu.lst sho

Re: [Ayatana] System / hardware indicator

2009-07-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Scott Kitterman wrote: >> Ted Gould has been a proponent of a system / hardware indicator, and >> I've been working on how to handle things like USB-unmount and >> Bluetooth-connect and am coming round to the idea. What do you guys >> think? If there's support for the idea, we could do a round of d

Re: [Ayatana] Updates on Login

2009-07-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
I'm just catching up on this thread, and want to help draw it to a conclusion. Updates-on-login are interesting, but I think fatally flawed because of the common requirement to reboot after updates. Updates are an irritation and interruption at any time, we must accept that. I've seen people say