[maemo-users] [maemo-developers] Re: [maemo-users] 'Locking down' software installation

[From: Marius Vollmer]

"ext Paul Klapperich" <maemo.org at bobpaul.org> writes:

>     22.3.1.3: The Application manager shall suggest a backup to be taken
>                before a system update is installed.
>
> Would this just be for major updates--perhaps those than cause a
> change in the firmware revision number--or would this be any time a
> "system" package gets an upgrade?

It is under control of the meta package, actually.  Each version of
the meta package can specify whether the dialog should pop up or
not.  Likewise for reboots.