On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 09:22 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 10:55 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > I'm not sure why you think we need entirely separate repos for this kind > > of action. PackageKit is aware of update levels. Bug fix, security fix, > > or regular feature update. You could add functionality to PackageKit > > that allows you default the type of updates you want instead of all > > updates. Right now you can just manually uncheck the updates you do not > > want, so if they don't have a red icon next to them. In fact, I think > > the notification window you get that says "Security Updates only" would > > get you on your way. > > The problem here is that packages get multiple updates. Lets say update > 1 is non security. Update 2 is security. Updates 3 and 4 are non > security. User Bob does a fresh install, and in order to get the > security update, he has to update to update 4, which has 3 non security > updates rolled into it. He might as well just update everything. yum update-minimal --security ...this doesn't work in Fedora because we only ship one version of the package. Also PK can't do a minimal-update. But creating separate repos. will not help this problem, IMNSHO. -- James Antill <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
