<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Richard Hughes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hughsient@gmail.com">hughsient@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> On 15 June 2010 12:15, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala<br> <div class="im"><<a href="mailto:sidhpurwala.huzaifa@gmail.com">sidhpurwala.huzaifa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > I have been using packagekit for some time now and it an amazing piece of<br> > software. Kudos to everyone working on this.<br> <br> </div>Blush. :-)<br> <div class="im"><br> > There is one feature which i think would make updating desktops much more<br> > easier and safer, that would be<br> > ability to install software on reboot, so that existing applications are not<br> > disturbed. So here is my suggestion:<br> <br> </div>A few people have asked me for related functionality for other<br> corporate desktop products, so it's probably a good idea we include<br> something like this upstream rather than let people hack other stuff<br> on top.<br> <div class="im"><br> > 1. PackageKit downloads the updates silently in a cache folder. This can be<br> > toggled on or off by root or<br> > users (depending on policykit)<br> <br> </div>Sure, we can do that now with a tiny bit of code. Adding a bit of code<br> to PkPackageSack could turn it from a 10 line chunk of code to a 1<br> line chuck of code, and possibly a good idea.<br> <div class="im"><br> > 2. On reboot, just before the gdm window, it opens a dialog , asking if the<br> > user, if he wants to install those updates. If the user<br> > agrees the updates are installed , if not optionally it should be able<br> > to mail the admin of or system that it failed etc.<br> <br> </div>This would be done pre-gdm-login? Pre-X? Post-authenticate-in-session?<br> <div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div>I suggest pre-gdm login, pre-auth<br>Similar to what adding a line to rc.local would do <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im"> > This basically has many advantages:<br> > 1. Applications sp ones based on gecko get mangled, when they are updates<br> > and behave strangely. The best way to update<br> > then is to close them update and open them, which would mean loosing all<br> > work.<br> <br> </div>Right.<br> <div class="im"><br> > 2. The above enables corporate desktop updates in a more easier and<br> > controlled way.<br> <br> </div>Sure, which other people have requested. So, deliverable for this functionality:<br> <br> * Function added to PkPackageSack to download all packages to a directory<br> * Path added to the config file for the boot-time-updates<br> * Command added to pkcon, update-at-next-boot<br> * Command added to pkcon, install-boot-updates<br> * A directory path for the cache, /usr/cache/PackageKit/updates (?)<br> <br> Questions:<br> <br> 1. Do we delete the files in the boot-time cache after they are updated?<br></blockquote><div>Yes, once updated, the rpms should have no more use and should be deleted to free up space. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> 2. Do we use GNOME PackageKit to do the integration bits in gdm, or<br> rely on a pre-X environment in the init?<br></blockquote><div>Interesting question. <br>Doing it in pre-X would be pretty simple in my opinion, perhaps create an init script which would toggle it off or on.<br>What are the advantages of doing it in gdm?<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> 3. Do we want to install files at boot time also? If so we need some<br> sort of manifest.<br> <br></blockquote><div>boot time as in ? <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Richard.<br> ___</blockquote><div>Thanks a lot for looking into this and let me know if you need any help in writing/patching the code too.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> ____________________________________________<br> PackageKit mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:PackageKit@lists.freedesktop.org">PackageKit@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/packagekit" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/packagekit</a><br> </blockquote></div><br>