"Frederik Nnaji" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 19:21, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "Frederik Nnaji" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Hello Florian, >> > >> >On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 17:37, Florian Bruhin <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> 2010/8/2 Frederik Nnaji <[email protected]>: >> >> > *Does* Ubuntu warn the user beforehand that the updates about to be >> made >> >> > will eventually require a restart? I can't recall.. >> >> >> >> As fair as I know, it does not. However, a warning like this indicates >> >> something like "Your system will not work at all when you don't >> >> restart as soon as the update is complete". In fact, this would most >> >> likely prevent some users from installing these updates, as they don't >> >> have the time or aren't in the mood to restart the computer in the >> >> middle of their workflow. >> > >> > >> >well then obviously yes, right? >> >If a restart is necessary and the system would become unstable otherwise, >> >that's a clear danger on a production machine. >> >Not alerting the user about this consequence of an action he is about to >> >make is like selling poison in water bottles.. me no like. >> >> That isn't what happens. >> >> With the exception of Firefox updates, the old version works fine until >> restart. What you don't get is the benefit of the update. Firefox will stop >> working if not restarted (and warns about this). >> >> Scott K > > >so then red is the wrong color Depends on what fix isn't in place. Leaving a remote root exploit in place seems pretty red to me. Scott K _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
