On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Mark LaPierre <marklapier@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Valent Turkovic wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I just saw that opensuse 10.3 has an warning when there is a kernel update. > > > Look how they handle this: > > > http://www.uploadgeek.com/uploads456/0/new-kernel.png > > > > > > What do you think would this also be nice if Fedora had something like > > > this or not? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Valent. > > > > > > > > Hey Valent, > > > > Fedora does notify you that a reboot is required if you update the > > kernal. When the updater is done running it asks if you want to reboot > > [NOW] or [LATER]. It's not a pretty splash screen, it just works. > > You missed the point. Opensuse warns you BEFORE installing the kernel > and asks you if you want to update the kernel. Fedora just does it and > tells you that you should reboot as soon as possible. > Do you see the difference? > > > Valent You are nit-picking. Most users want kernel security updates. Those who have special requirements, e.g. only one particular version works with their setup, will disable updating the kernel.
