[Yum-devel] [review request] firmware-tools bootstrap plugin

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Aug 29 11:44:30 UTC 2007


On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:47:38PM -0500, Michael E Brown wrote:
> But if you are installing security updates only, arent you also using
> some other cmdline options? Wouldn't your other plugins handling
> security-only stuff ensure that only security updates are installed?

Maybe, but not necessarily.

> So, my goal is to make this as automatic and seamless for people. Making
> people add a cmdline option for this doesnt really meet my goals. I
> would be willing to add a cmdline option to disable this plugin, if
> people think that would be helpful.

There's automatic and seamless, and then there's "unexpected side effect". :)

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