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[Karlheinz Hohm]

On September 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar at autistici.org> wrote:

>  On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:51:40 +0200, Marco Martin wrote:
> > btw i'm not aware of any attempt on those, also meego tablet doesn't
> > seem to
> > have any ui neither to install packages or just tell about updates
>
>  But that is definitely a must if we want "the average user" to use it,
>  since
>  you shouldn't tell them "Start Konsole, enter 'su', enter the root
>  password
>  ("Which root password???"), end then enter 'zypper up'". Having a
>  complete
>  package manager is really important, but might be postponed to PA2. The
>  problem
>  is, though: If we don't have an easy way to update packages, how do
>  users of
>  PA1 upgrade to PA2? Or if we find a critical bug post-release, how do
>  we get
>  it to users?
>  So I'd say that having an auto-updater is even more important than
>  having
>  a complete package manager (with the ability to (un)install
>  applications etc.).
>
>  If we say "PA1 is only for at least somewhat tech-savvy early
>  adopters", we can
>  tell them to update using Konsole later.
> 
I agree with Thomas and think we should find a way to look for possible updates
in the background, if the system is online, and notify the user about them,
especially if critical/security relevant things are concerned.
Let's put that also on our agenda for the workshop next week, and try to find a
solution.
 
Cheers,
Karlheinz.
 
 

>
>  Thomas
>
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