"Matthew Paul Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Scott Kitterman wrote on 03/08/10 19:23: >> >> "Frederik Nnaji" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 19:21, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> >>... >>>> "Frederik Nnaji" <[email protected]> wrote: >>... >>>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 17:37, Florian Bruhin <[email protected]> >>... >>>>>> 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.. > >In the update handling specification, I've specified that it should. ><https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#alert> (For the >implementation, see ><https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-distiguishing-updates-that-require-restart>. >I don't know how far that ever went.) > >>... >>>> 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). >>... >>> 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. >>... > >But you're no less secure, at that moment, than you were when Ubuntu >knew the update was available but you hadn't installed it yet. Should >the icon be red then too? And if not, why should it be red now? > I'd say it should be red all along. Scott K _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
