Just an idea I got after reading the following (and that was after my own mishap having missed the memo, which caused quite a few problems that are now (I think) fixed):
– what if the update script for Mandriva Update checked for new versions of the script from OM before executing? You could use this to notify users of significant changes they might not be aware of, warning them to check the forums to be sure before upgrading, or even to do more complex distro upgrades (after verifying with the user of course) like the one mentioned by @ben79 in the thread above.
Not ;sure where to put this, so if you don’t want it in Support, feel free to move it where it belongs.
For reference, here’s the current script OM uses:
#!/bin/sh
konsole -e pkexec sh -c "dnf clean all ; dnf repolist ; dnf distro-sync --refresh --allowerasing ; echo 'Press
enter to close konsole'; read"
Feature requests can go in Development > Packages and features requests . I have moved this topic there. @rugyada is probably one of the people that would need to review this. I see there being an issue with not enough people to manage this task prior to a UM, and a lack of testers to identify issues like this because of reluctance, lack of time and interest, and other reasons.
Thank you. If something like this couldn’t be done, at the least, announcements could be fetched and displayed to the user if there are important PSAs that the public should be aware of before proceeding to update. If there are not, the update would then proceed as it normally would. Of course you’d need to code for the announcements service to be down as well (“could not fetch update announcements, proceed regardless”).
You can connect the forum to a RSS client by topic, by copying the topic link and putting .rss at the end of it. We have an Announcements and Communications topic specifically for notifying people. If you want real time updates, the Cooker room on Matrix is usually best.