On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 3:32 PM Dan Čermák <dan.cer...@cgc-instruments.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Aoife Moloney <amolo...@redhat.com> writes: > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EnableFwupdRefreshByDefault > > > *snip* > > > > == Detailed Description == > > > > Firmware for hardware devices can have bugs and firmware updates > > generally help address those. Firmware updates might however need > > manual interaction, a reboot or device unplug/re-plug so we can not > > enable firmware update by default. > > > > This change thus only enable notifying about new firmware updates, not > > installing them. > > > > With this change, Fedora installations will contact the Linux Vendor > > Firmware Service CDN (LVFS, https://cdn.fwupd.org/) to get the updated > > metadata but will not send any information about the hardware without > > user interaction. > > > > See the LVFS privacy policy at > > https://lvfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/privacy.html. > > > > I like this, it's a very unobtrusive change and will point some admins > to apply firmware updates. Thanks for this idea! >
Actually, why wouldn't this be used everywhere? I could see this be useful when people remote into workstations and apply updates. I know of plenty of people that split their desktops between local and remote access/administration. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
