[Mageia-discuss] mageiaupdate and the list of updates

Mon Jul 4 04:30:32 CEST 2011

On 07/03/2011 08:59 PM, Ahmad Samir wrote:
+> On 4 July 2011 03:05, TJ <andrewsfarm at gmail.com> wrote:
+>> On 07/03/2011 04:51 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
+>>>
+>>> On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 06:37:09 PM mageia-discuss-request at mageia.org wrote:
+>>>>
+>>>> 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
+>>>
+>>> This thread started because somebody was too lazy to enter his password
+>>> before
+>>> seeing the list of updates.  The above comment suggests that the tone of
+>>> the
+>>> thread never got above that level.
+>>>
+>>> Does anybody know why the thread is continuing?
+>>>
+>>> Doug.
+>>>
+>>
+>> I don't understand it either, Doug. If he doesn't want to enter a password,
+>> all he has to do is set it that way in MCC.
+>>
+>> Personally, I think he's idiotic. Let just anybody do updates? Not me.
+>> Mageia, like Mandriva, sets the update password to the user password. One of
+>> the first things I do is set it to the root password.
+>>
+>> TJ
+>>
+>>
+> 
+> FWIW, I think discussions should be kept polite and cordial, calling
+> each other names isn't the right way to go.
+> 
+> Also reading misc's email, other, more popular/widely-used,
+> applications do it that way, only ask for the password when actually
+> downloading/installing the updates, not to just display the list of
+> available updates. That's a valid enhancement request, IMHO.
+> 
+This thread is way over my head I guess. Updates are not a suggestion,
+they are security updates, bug fixes, updates of applications that you
+have installed. It is not installing new programs on your computer.
+
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