[packagekit] Remove the option to install updates automatically when on battery power
Robin Norwood
rnorwood at redhat.com
Fri May 2 11:55:13 PDT 2008
On Fri, 2 May 2008 10:17:50 -0400
Robin Norwood <rnorwood at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 12:23:11 +0100
> Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> I'll give it a whack, since no one else seems to have an objection.
Whacked in change b11758bbeb5be4e40f63e50b865a73e4bd8e439b
-RN
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Robin Norwood
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