On 6/24/26 07:44, Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2026-06-23, Nick Holland <[email protected]> wrote:
This is not really a role for sysupgrade. sysupgrade is to upgrade the
system. If you just want to browse the option for updating, use a browser.
Why not? syspatch has -c, and the same letter is free in sysupgrade...
syspatch is a slightly different beast... if a patch comes out, you want to
apply it, or at least be aware you should want to apply it when possible.
Simple decision process. Easy to script.
Installing a snapshot is a different situation. If it has been a week or
more for a modern-ish platform, there's almost certainly going to be a new
snapshot, at least during the majority of the development cycle. Unless
one is going crazy with upgrades, the technical answer is usually going to
be "yes, there's a new snapshot available".
So there is often more to the question than "is there a new snapshot".
During the release window, the normal snapshot user may want to use a
little extra care -- "have we jumped from release to -current? And how
does that impact my use?" I'm of the opinion that a human brain should
consider a lot of things that aren't easily scripted in the "Shall I
upgrade today or wait a few days?" decision.
but hey...send a diff. I'm not the gate keeper. :)
Nick.
