Re: F39 Change Proposal: Enable fwupd-refresh.timer by default on IoT, CoreOS & Server Editions (Self-Contained)

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On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 3:32 PM Dan Čermák
<dan.cermak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Aoife Moloney <amoloney@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.



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