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+ <B>Jim Whitby</B>
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+ <I>Sat Jul 2 22:10:19 CEST 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 07/02/2011 03:10 PM, Renaud MICHEL wrote:
+&gt;<i> On samedi 02 juillet 2011 at 20:07, Romain d'Alverny wrote :
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> So the user is stuck: unadvisable to skip the updates, unless she
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> understands the issues =&gt; just make the update automatic in a background
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> task by default then; one doesn't care about the issues - or won't have
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> a single clue about it either, unless being a specific type of user that
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> would know how to disable this auto update setting anyway).
+</I>&gt;<i> No, that is a bad idea, because you should not update a program while it is
+</I>&gt;<i> running (some won't care, others may have strange problems as some files
+</I>&gt;<i> they rely on have changed, or even corrupt what the user was working on), so
+</I>&gt;<i> the user must be aware of what is being upgraded so he can eventually
+</I>&gt;<i> stopped the concerned program.
+</I>
+Interesting. I need educating. What program(s) that you have updated,
+that required you to stop using it *now*?
+&gt;<i> Or if he is working on something important he may prefer to delay the update
+</I>&gt;<i> when his work is finished.
+</I>Ah! So that's how it works? I can upgrade and restart my program when I
+feel like it?
+&gt;<i> And even if none of the programs to be upgraded are in use at the moment, he
+</I>&gt;<i> may prefer do delay the update to avoid an IO-intensive task if he is
+</I>&gt;<i> working on something that requires all the resources of his computer.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>So, *not* upgrading isn't an option? Saying no isn't possible? I can't
+just do it later?
+
+--
+He's just a politician trying to save both his faces...
+----------------------
+Mageia release 1 (Official) for x86_64
+2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga x86_64
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