On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 22:15 -0300, Andre Costa wrote: > > > > Andre, I think needs-restarting means those applications need to be > > restarted, not you need to restart the whole system to update those > > applications. > > Yes, that's what I understood as well. This is what I tried to > evidence with my example. > > > As well as 'reboot me' should means exactly that: reboot that particular > > application. > > Exactly. These userspace apps should be restated automatically after > the upgrade, without bothering the user with a "reboot your computer > to make sure any changes will be applied" warning. > Well you must admit that is not a very nice feeling to see that your text editor, or your mail client just restarted, in the middle of something extremely important, or even better, your pidgin restarted right in the middle of a conference with your boss :) . That's why it gives you the option to restart those particular applications at your own will. And I emphasize: those specific applications, not the entire system. I don't know about the other message (and my personal opinion is you can completely forget about it), as I only use yum, but I can tell you this: before restarting my system (F13) this evening in order to load the latest kernel, I had at least 40 days uptime, with an fully up to date system (except of course for kernel which was 4 releases old). So my advice is: restart only those applications that show up in needs-restarting and forget about reboots, until a new kernel is released. And switch to yum :) > > I never ever saw a linux system which has to be rebooted in order to > > update pidgin. > > Amen. If it ever happens, it will be time to move on to something else... ;-) > > Andre -- Calin Key fingerprint = 37B8 0DA5 9B2A 8554 FB2B 4145 5DC1 15DD A3EF E857 ================================================= True happiness will be found only in true love. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
