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Re: Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 09:31:47AM -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote:
> > No need to restart for an upgrade. But sometimes, the upgrade will only
> > take effect after a restart: it's obvious in the case of the kernel,
> > but also for some core libraries.
> > 
> 
> Why has this become a "default" behavior, at least with Gnome, in Debian Stretch then ? A notification appears asking the user to upgrade and restart the whole system. If it is not necessary, why has this feature been implemented as part of the DE?
> 

Because the feature comes from GNOME, who have always been
interested in supporting the least knowledgeable user whenever
possible.

For those users, it is hard to explain how an update might or
might not take effect without a reboot.

-dsr-

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Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-06-12 15:40 +0200
  Re: Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-06-12 16:10 +0200
    Re: Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-06-12 16:40 +0200
      Re: Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-06-12 17:10 +0200
        Re: Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-06-12 17:20 +0200
          Re: Software and Updates Restart notification Stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-06-12 17:40 +0200

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