On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:54:45PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > If there's anything special to do (e.g. kernel or glibc) we alredy add this > to the DSA text. I don't think that's quite enough. I have a few hundred Debian workstations for which I'm responsible, and it's difficult for me to make sure that the users e.g. restart firefox when we release an update. Daemons automatically get restarted, but desktop apps require intervention. In my case, the desktop apps aren't being run by the people installing the updates (the updates are typically installed either remotely or fully automatically) and that makes things even more difficult. I haven't come up with a really good solution to this problem. I actually sort of like the Windows method of incessantly nagging the user to reboot their machine (it literally pops up a dialog box every few minutes). I like the idiot-proof factor. Yes, they can ignore the popups, but they come so quickly that even the most stubborn user will get sick of them and reboot. I'd hate it if I was a Windows user, though, I'm sure! noah
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature