[packagekit] Remove the option to install updates automatically when on battery power

Richard Hughes hughsient at gmail.com
Fri May 2 04:23:11 PDT 2008


On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 15:59 -0400, Robin Norwood wrote:
> Does anybody see a real use for the 'install updates automatically
> even when on battery power' checkbox in gpk-prefs?  At least in
> yum/rpm-land, this is a great way to end up with a corrupt yum cache
> and/or rpmdb.  I can't think of any valid usecase where someone would
> want to risk this with automatic updates.  Can we just get rid of the
> preference completely?
> 
> You can still install updates manually when on battery power, of
> course
> (PK warns you, but will let you do it if you want).

Yes, nuke the UI, but keep the gconf key I think. Want me to do this?

Richard.





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