Re: kernel update warning

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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.


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