Conrad Knauer wrote: > On 1/1/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] >>>> I think our end-users who do not like to go out of their way to >>>> learn about what's going on in the community could really use >>>> such a feature. [snip] >>>> At the least, if it is do-able, for desktop users, you could >>>> change the background picture to something that says "upgrade >>>> because your current version will not get security updates >>>> within 1 month."... or maybe a pop up by update-manager? I >>>> suspect that server users are more security-savvy and don't >>>> need such intervention. >>> >>> I don't think that a large-window pop-up or changing the >>> background image is the way to go though; why not just a >>> notification area icon like when it informs us that updates are >>> available, with a balloon similar to how it informs us that a >>> restart is required? >>> >> +1 to that. When you click on the bubble, it should send you to a >> page telling you about how to upgrade and which version to upgade >> to (eg stable or LTS). > > Wouldn't it be better just to have it run update-manager and if they > need more info, they can click the help button or maybe offer a 'more > info' button?
Do you mean it should run "update-manager -c" (hence forcing them to dist-upgrade to a later release)? afaik, dist-upgrades still risk a broken system. I kinda think you need to be intrusive (hence the pop up window -or changed desktop background- instead of a small bubble) but leave the final decision to them. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
