Looking at Package Management for Karmic or Karmic+1
Erich Jansen
erich at stoptouchingmethere.com
Mon Apr 6 07:29:13 UTC 2009
Erich Jansen wrote:
> Jan Claeys wrote:
>
>> Op maandag 06-04-2009 om 00:43 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Mackenzie
>> Morgan:
>>
>>
>>> On Sunday 05 April 2009 11:55:10 pm Jan Claeys wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Actually, a running firefox shows you a warning and a restart button (or
>>>> at least it did?) if it's older than the on-disk version. I guess
>>>> that's part of the ubufox extension?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, it does, but um...that kinda sucks. "I, the computer, demand that you,
>>> the user, stop what you are doing and restart your browser NOW, losing all
>>> your work in the process. This is not optional. I will barf if you try to
>>> continue with your work or save it in any way, such as submitting that blog
>>> post you just spent an hour writing."
>>>
>>>
>> Doesn't restarting preserve the form contents? (I never really tried.)
>>
>> Anyway there might be some issues with it indeed. Maybe firefox updates
>> should warn the users beforehand, somehow? I'm not sure how that would
>> work though. Maybe delaying upgrades until shutdown *is* the right
>> solution?
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Yes it will preserve all your data for the restart. (just tried it out
> in a VM)
>
> --
> Erich Matthew Jansen
> erich at stoptouchingmethere.com
>
>
Also, isn't this an option that could be added to Ubiquity? Like when
you are filling in your user information we could have a checkbox that
enables automatic installation of all security updates? Have it checked
by default but it at least allows the user a choice.
--
Erich Matthew Jansen
erich at stoptouchingmethere.com
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