++Mailshell: RE: [wpkg-users] 1.0rc1 - reboot

[Rainer Meier]

Hi "grubi",

Thanks for your comments. Your suggestion seems to offer the same
possibilities as my fist proposal. However I like it more than my first
proposal since it uses the same states (true/false/delayed) on both levels
while adding just one new value "delayedPackages" to the command level.

I will think about the best way to implement it.

br,
Rainer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grubi [mailto:CAGYKZCNMKSY at spammotel.com] 
> Sent: Donnerstag, 29. November 2007 10:24
> To: 'Tomasz Chmielewski'
> Cc: 'wpkg'; 'Rainer Meier'
> Subject: Re: ++Mailshell: RE: [wpkg-users] 1.0rc1 - reboot
> 
> Rainer Meier schrieb:
> 
> Hi Rainer,
> 
> thank you for thinking about the reboot delayed thing again.
> 
> > Of course we can blame it up on the package creator if he 
> uses a delayed
> > reboot and then packages depending on the first one fail to 
> install on first
> > try. However such administrators will blame it on the tool 
> at the end.
> >   
> I have to agree to most of what you said, however the admins 
> are able to 
> do similar things
> with the current version right now by delaying reboot on the command 
> level. So to give them
> more flexibility is not a bad thing in general if this 
> function is not 
> the default behavour. IMHO
> you could not blame the devs for a properly operating feature you 
> explicity choose and not
> understand it entirely. A disclaimer about the consequences 
> in the docs 
> would be a good idea.
> 
> What do you think about the following:
> 
> package level reboot:
> 
> true -> always reboot ignoring command level result
> false -> never reboot ignoring command level result
> <not set> -> command level is controling behavour
> delayed -> reboot after all packages are processed ignoring command 
> level results
> 
> command level reboot:
> 
> true -> immediate reboot
> false -> no reboot
> delayed -> reboot is delayed after all commands
> delayedPackages -> reboot is delayed after all packages are processed
> 
> Regards,
> grubi
>