Hi,
Are there any specific packaging guidelines related to software that has auto update functionality built in?
I am mainly interested in whether it's allowable to just disable this at runtime (if the software allows it), or if it needs to be removed at compile time.
Regards,
Rich
Hello Richard,
On Sunday, 15 September 2013 at 16:28, Richard Fearn wrote:
Hi,
Are there any specific packaging guidelines related to software that has auto update functionality built in?
I am mainly interested in whether it's allowable to just disable this at runtime (if the software allows it), or if it needs to be removed at compile time.
I'd say any auto-update code that would try to overwrite what gets installed with rpm should be removed. Fedora provides updates through its repositories.
I thought we had a section about "downloaders" somewhere in the Guidelines but I cannot find it at the moment.
Regards, Dominik
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