Re: auto-updates

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On 8/7/2009 11:07 AM, Richard Hughes wrote:
> 2009/8/7 Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx>:
>> Me too. I just wish I could turn off packagekit before I ever login
>> so it doesn't lock up the update process as soon as I do the first login before
>> I can disable it :-).
> 
> There are many ways to disable it if you wish.
> 
>> Or even wait for the interface to be remotely sensible at all :-).
> 
> I don't know why you put the ":-)" after the insult, it's still an insult.
> 
>> Several of us complained about the unitless progress bars in the
>> very first version, but as far as I know you still can't tell if
>> it is downloading a 1 meg package over the world's slowest
>> connection or downloading a 1000 meg package at a good clip -
>> the progress bars would look exactly the same in either case.
> 
> I'm sorry, I must have missed your post on the mailing list with patches.
> 
>> Having installed and updated on lots of different linux distros
>> for testing software at work, the debian/ubuntu synaptic GUI
>> is as close to perfect as any I have seen, and the suse yast2
>> GUI was about the most annoying until packagekit came along
>> and it takes the prize for being annoying. It is almost like
>> they carefully researched how all other GUI software update
>> tools worked and made sure they left out everything that could
>> be considered remotely useful from all previous designs :-).
> 
> No.
> 
> They (the ones who did the actual work) wrote a framework of software,
> catering for the needs of these people
> http://www.packagekit.org/pk-profiles.html -- Then busy developers
> wrote code for free (often in the evenings after work or at weekends),
> and designed GUIs. I don't think anyone is under the delusion that the
> applications or stack is perfect right now.
> 
> You (the one complaining) use the software for free, and get to file
> bugs (which we try to fix) for free. You also get to complain on
> public mailing lists without worrying about the consequences of doing
> so. You get the latest versions, or testing versions, all for free.
> 
> I get to read your emails, and wonder why the hell I'm sitting here
> trying to make a difference.
> 
> Richard
> 


For the rest of us Richard. The quiet majority. Not the 'bitchy' minority.

-- 


  David

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