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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Launi wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Updates-on-login are interesting, but I think fatally flawed
>     because of the common requirement to reboot after updates.
>
>
> This is actually the case where update on login works best. Any other
> time rebooting is totally interruption. You're working, you need to
> decide whether or not rebooting is important enough, and then if you
> do decide to reboot, you need to save all of your state, and actually
> do the deed. Immediately after boot you don't have this problem.
> Instead of starting to work and then being disturbed, you delay
> starting until you can really start, without interruption.

's a fair point.

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