[64studio-devel] [Fwd: Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository]

[Daniel James]

Hi Free,

> Well, at  the moment  that  makes no difference   at all, because  our
> current installer is configured to fetch packages only from the CD-ROM
> and not from an online  repository, and personally  I'd keep the think
> like  this, to avoid   possible  installation problems  connected with
> network   unavailability  or similar  thinks.

Good point - let's stick with that for 1.0 at least.

> we could
> suggest users that have a  networked installation to check for package
> updates after the  install

Some studios deliberately do not connect their production machines to 
the internet, although this is generally due to problems with Windows of 
course. I also understand why some people prefer not to upgrade software 
at all once the machine does what the users want, although they will be 
missing out on lots of future free software goodness.

> or even  include the APT update applet  of
> gnome
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/testing/gnome/update-manager
> 
> to do that automatically when possible.

I have a reservation about putting package update tools directly on the 
desktop. It may suit the Ubuntu model, where there is no root user, but 
in my own experience, not giving inexperienced users root access is one 
of the key things that makes a free software desktop more reliable.

Cheers!

Daniel