On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 10:31:42PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: ...CUT... > > Ok, it's definitely not ideal. But the question is: what does a non-24/7 user > expect cron-apt to do? > > I think it's really naive for a user to pretend that if you poweroff your > computer at night and install cron-apt, cron-apt will actualy do something > useful _and_ will not affect your use of network whatsoever. > > So in this situation (which, agreed, is not the best one), it all boils down > to > two options: > > - Do nothing. > - Perform the task at the risk of affecting user. > > Do you really think the first is better?
You have a second alternative and that is that the user configure the system to do something else than the default. That is why I have documented it in the README file. So yes, by default I think it is better to do nothing when a computer is newly started than to affecting the user. I would personally be very frustrated about it. I do not say that you are wrong, just that I prefer to have the default like this. I think I will have less bug reports about it in this way, than the other way around. Regards, // Ola > -- > Robert Millan > > My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for > spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
