Looking at Package Management for Karmic or Karmic+1

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Erich Jansen wrote on 06/04/09 08:29:
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> 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.

There are two problems with adding any setting to the installer. First,
it makes the installation process require more reading and more clicks.
(For example, the "Who are you?" step you refer to is already crammed
full and doesn't fit on some netbook screens, so adding anything more to
it would mean splitting it into two steps.) Second, it makes people less
likely to understand later that the setting can be changed without
reinstalling.

So in general, the installer should ask only things that are difficult
to change later (or where a wrong assumption would have effects that are
difficult to undo later).

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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