Helix update does not run on it's own, only when you double click on the little
icon. even then it lets you choose what packages you want to upgrade. (And
categorizes them in categories like "Security Fixes", "Stability Fixes", and
"New Features").
I'm a huge fan of the helix updater, I've never seen a web updater on *ANY*
platform work as reliably or easily.
-David Talbot
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So long as the government has the power to invade our lives, rummage through
our records, and take what it wants from our income, we will have only as
much freedom and take-home pay as the politicians condescend to let us have.
-Harry Browne Libertarian Canidate for President (www.HarryBrowne2000.org)
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On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Allen Bolderoff wrote:
>
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > > Don't see a point why the Helixupdate should be included in
> > > distribution.
> >
> > maybe not everyone has a T1 to the net?
> >
> > some people (in australia for example) pay for every MB they receive, *and*
> > have to download over 33.6K modems.
> >
> > That in itself is a good enough reason to include it.
> >
>
>
> Sounds like more of a reason not to include it to me, what happens if
> someone screws up the time on the server, "Oh look it downloaded 20megs
> last night all by its self. But why does it say it's already installed?"
>
> This however is not the reason it was not included.
> First off the mdk RPM's are not exact copies of the helix rpms (yet.),
> there are still a few things to work out with helixcode before you can
> ever expect them tobe also. Things like version control, optimization, and
> all that sort of fun stuff.
>
> Bottom line is it would/could download things not approved by Mandrakesoft
> QA...
>
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> MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> --Axalon
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