On Tue 13 Jun 2017 at 14:37:08 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 07:28:09PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > Being bandwidth constrained is a consideration, but updates to a stable > > installation rarely involve more than a few 10s of MB. > > But only because a machine with no Internet connectivity won't have a > (graphical) web browser installed. Those browser updates will happily > chew through hundreds of MB per month.
The invitation to update a browser can always be ignored if the download exceeds or is close to the limit for the month. Most of the time a point upgrade is modest. The essential point when bandwidth is a factor: This machine doesn't access the internet: point upgrades are of marginal relevance. This machine does access the internet: judgement on whether the point upgrade gives a cost-benefit advantage. -- Brian.
