On 03/02/2010 06:06 PM, Björn Persson wrote:
> Jesse Keating wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 01:34 +0100, Björn Persson wrote:
>>> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>>> Even bugfix releases of KDE require a session restart to fully work.
>>>
>>> I consider that a serious design flaw in KDE and a strong argument
>>> against releasing any KDE updates to stable releases other than fixes
>>> for serious bugs. The only practical way to keep up with the Fedora
>>> update firehose is to update every day and let the update run in the
>>> background while I'm working. If I put it off until I'm about to turn
>>> the computer off, then the updates will accumulate and updating will
>>> take a long time when I finally do it. I might not have the time to sit
>>> around and wait for the update to finish so that I can turn the computer
>>> off, so I'll put it off again, and when the next opportunity comes the
>>> list of updates will have grown even more. That's a vicious circle I
>>> don't want to get into.
>>
>> We do need a "apply all updates and shut down" option.
>
> That doesn't help much if I'm going to pack the laptop up in a bag and take it
> with me. I'll still have to sit there and twiddle my thumbs while it updates.

I wonder if something like the windows download updates and inform me 
when you've downloaded them crossed with the pre-upgrade type system 
could solve your use case.
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