Re: Gnome Update Manager's "Smart" Update
- To: "Andrew J. Barr" <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com>
- Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Gnome Update Manager's "Smart" Update
- From: Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 09:36:58 -0700
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20071001163657.GH12102@yi.org>
- In-reply-to: <903e17bb0709151428g154f8c7ei71112c469ec1878@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <20070915182325.GA29075@yi.org> <903e17bb0709151242r78b30ecfv1429e4ec4be90a99@mail.gmail.com> <20070915212408.GB29075@yi.org> <903e17bb0709151428g154f8c7ei71112c469ec1878@mail.gmail.com>
Andrew J. Barr <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > "smart" refers to resolving dependencies by installing additional
> > > packages or removing software, as opposed to simply not installing
> > > packages that would require such actions.
> >
> > Is that always the smart thing to do?
>
> That's why you have the option to turn it down.
Right. So could we, say, call it "Stupid update" instead? Or "Destructive
update"?
Cheers,
Tyler
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