update-notifier and 7.10

[Bob Cortez]

On 10/20/07, R Kimber <rkimber at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:04:54 +0200
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 13:28 +0100, R Kimber wrote:
> > > It seems odd that there is no automatic notification of an upgrade.
> > > Adding this would seem to be a worthwhile feature, and not
> > > complicated to implement.
> >
> > There _is an automatic notification, when you have Feisty installed
> > and start update-manager. You will see a button "Upgrade to new
> > release" or some such. IMHO, not showing an icon in the notification
> > areas makes sense, there is no need to pressure people into an
> > upgrade who have no interest. IMHO it should just show an icon when
> > the security update support of the currently installed release is
> > about to end (but I don't know if it does this)
>
> IMHO having to start update-manager doesn't amount to automatic
> notification, and IMHO an informational icon doesn't amount to pressure.
>
> It just seems neater to me that an icon should appear which in effect
> says "There's a new release if you want it"
>
> - Richard.
> --
> Richard Kimber
> http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/


Update Manager should be flexible enough to allow the user to select what
notifications they want to appear and how to handle upgrades.  It's all
about the user.

Bob
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