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bug#36636: Tell users to update/reconfigure regularly
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#36636: Tell users to update/reconfigure regularly |
Date: |
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:59:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden> skribis:
> When installing Guix System from the iso image, users should be told
> to pull and reconfigure regularly. Even though it is mentioned in the
> manual, not everyone reads manuals. I believe Guix’ target users
> include inexperienced users who do not know that they should update
> and upgrade regularly. Therefore the installer should tell users how
> to do so and that it is important and perhaps what to do if things
> break.
The ‘guix’ command itself tells you to do so. But of course, if you
never run ‘guix’, you never see that message.
> Of course, some users still won’t update and they should have the
> liberty to decide for themselves, but some users just forget to
> update. Ubuntu defaults to automatic updates, which slow down the
> machine and annoy users. Still, maybe there should be notifications
> like a cron job invoking libnotify’s notify-send.
Sounds like something we can do.
Ultimately though, what can we do for users who do not read the manual
and do not run ‘guix’ either? Would a notification really help?
Longer-term I think we should have an unattended upgrade service, and it
should probably be part of ‘%desktop-services’.
Thoughts?
Ludo’.