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

[Free Ekanayaka]

|--==> Daniel James writes:

  DJ> 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.

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

Ok, I've alreay modified the preseed config, and I'm  going to test it
locally, this should  close  #236. If we  finally decide  to revert to
2.6.17,  I can re-include it  in the next   rc and have  #256 close as
well, this should make possible to release 1.0.

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

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

Or one could just pick up with synaptic the updates he really wants to
have.

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

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

Ok, it makes sense to me.

Ciao!

Free