FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Distribution/Upgrade Mechanism Question

["David J. Lowe" <DaveLowe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, I'm very new here, and hopefully this question has already been
answered (and if it has, could you point me to it?)...

Has there been any thought towards system upgrades to the initial public
release (non-beta)?  If there are fixes to various parts, will people have
to physically check a particular web-site to determine if they need an
upgrade/fix?  Or will there be an update manager that can accurately
determine what various systems/servers a particular box has and query some
central repository for any potential fixes?

I think this is a pretty important consideration for end-users.  I feel they
want to simply use their system and have it "heal" itself as the
weeks/months/years progress (and strongly feel that the last thing they want
to worry about is whether or not their box is secure, flaky, etc, and they
certainly don't want to worry about library conflicts, etc.).

Anyways, hello all, and keep up the good work!  Hopefully some day I'll have
the time to contribute to OpenBeOS (which will occur probably right around
the time BeOS recognizes my nic card :-) ).