Jeremy Katz wrote:
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 14:47 -0400, Robin Norwood wrote:
Also, I thought it might be a good time to revisit the default update
strategy. Right now, gnome-packagekit provides an update icon similar
to puplet. The default configuration is to just notify the user that
updates are available. Some people have suggested applying security
updates automatically as the default configuration. I personally like
the idea, but I suspect that some people will not like this behavior as
the default.
Given the number of updates we end up having (even just limited to
security), I suspect that this isn't a great idea from a bandwidth
perspective. For the users who lack persistent connections (and thus
tend to have lower bandwidth), they'd get online and then immediately
start having their capacity drained by downloading updates. That's why
we've kept the more conservative default of just downloading the update
information and notifying the user in the past
Jeremy
It also has to be realised that bandwidth isn't as cheap in other parts
of the world as it is in the US.
Here in Australia it isn't unusual to have to pay for extra downloads
over your monthly plan amount.
I don't think it would be in the user's interest to run up a big bill on
their behalf.
Lex.
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