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["Scott E. Armitage" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think that mac_v is proposing /automated/ updates, so much as he is
proposing that the current update scheme should not require the
administrator's password. The administrator would still be notified of new
updates as they are now, and they would have to decide when to download and
install the updates, however they would no longer have to confirm their
administrator status prior to update installation.

-S

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:14:33 +0530 mac_v <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Why is updating harmful? Aernt the Stable release updates supposed to be
> >pain-free?
> >
> That's an interesting theory.  No system update is risk free.  They should
> not be automatically imposed on users unless they have opted into  such a
> scheme.
>
> As an example, personally I don't update my laptop when I'm away from home
> (except if there were a really serious security update).
>
> We test updates, but they are not, and cannot be, risk free.
>
> Scott K
>
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