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	Estel	2011-11-20 , 18:18
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Originally Posted by merlin1991

okay here's what ham does over apt / fapman:
It does the reboot properly after the upgrade
It locks the device into flight mode while updating
It turns off most system processes and the desktop to avoid conflicts when deploying the update
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It simply does a System upgrade in a safe way, whilst apt and fapman run it in a way which is suited for application upgrades but not exactly for system upgrades which possibly flash camera firmware or do similar risky tasks.

Thanks, it is *exactly* what I asked about. Sorry if other posts sounded rude, but sometimes, even non-coders, "dumb" users require strictly "rationale" answer, not only depending on trust to answering ones (despite fact, that about such matters, I trust CSSU developers as a whole - and joerg_rw as individual - fully). Especially point 3 (turning of system processes) seems important IMO.

So again, thanks for explaining, and - of course - I'll proceed with HAM on next update.

Peace

/Estel

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