Re: Comments regarding the upgrade process

[Larsen <larsen007@web.de>]

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 23:51:13 +0100, Michael Tremer  
<michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:

>> So, there will be more verbose output?
>
> Yes some. It will look like this:

Well, that looks way more verbose =)



>> > >     PAKFIRE UPGR: We are going to install all packages listed
>> > > above.
>> > >     PAKFIRE INFO: Is this okay? [y/N]
>> > >
>> > > --> Shouldn't the default be Yes?
>> >
>> > Why?
>>
>> Cause you would normally want to install the new packages? And
>> maybe IPFire relies on the new versions? (I don't know how this is  
>> supposed
>> to work)
>
> You are not asked if you want to install the core update. That will
> always happen. This is just for the add-on packages. Of course you
> would want to install them indeed.
>
> I basically thought that "n" is the safe option here and this is
> usually the default. How do other package managers do this? I would
> like this to be equal for better user experience. Once you are used to
> these things... you know?

I can't recall any other software where some situation like this would  
occur.

In which cases would a user want to _NOT_ install some packages?
What is more likely: A newbie that would need this or some advanced user?


Lars