[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] optional automatic updates

[Jerry Vonau]

> On August 11, 2014 at 10:35 AM Gonzalo Odiard <godiard at sugarlabs.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Um, sugar 0.100 was not that long ago, kind of liked the way the old
> > sugar-update-control worked, all that was really missing was the
> > auto-updating. For the record there never was a sugar-control-panel
> > command
> > line for the updater, that was the only piece missing. When I was
> > involved
> > with AU we went further, extending the updater to just select
> > activities
> > that were already installed, leaving the ones not installed unchecked
> > by
> > default. This presented a list of optional activities that MAYBE
> > installed,
> > ones that are updates would be pre-selected, one just needed start the
> > install[1].
> >
> >
> I agree this is another possible approach. If we have a patch
> implementing
> it,
> with a configuration, I am sure would be accepted.

I don't undertake unfunded work, fix your own bugs.

> Is sad that change was not upstreamed a t the time was developed :(
>

At the time(2011) a patch was posted [1][2].

I guess it's the "not developed here" attitude.

Jerry

1. http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2011-December/034956.html
2. http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2011-December/034022.html