From 84c658a82e78886873b51974f4092df556985326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Walters Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:13:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: No need to emphasize the poweroff vs other OSes so much --- doc/atomic-upgrades.xml | 19 ++++--------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/atomic-upgrades.xml b/doc/atomic-upgrades.xml index 33f98f20..fd949fbf 100644 --- a/doc/atomic-upgrades.xml +++ b/doc/atomic-upgrades.xml @@ -8,21 +8,10 @@ You can turn off the power anytime you want... - At the time of this writing, it's common for released versions - of mainstream operating systems (the Playstation OS, Microsoft - Windows, Debian GNU/Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux) to have - non-atomic upgrades; that is, the good ones pop up a screen that - says "Please do not turn off the power". The bad ones don't - even tell you that it's unsafe. The really - bad ones actually mutate your running filesystem without taking - precautions to prevent corrupting running processes. - - - - In contrast, OSTree is designed to implement fully atomic and - safe upgrades; more generally, atomic transitions between lists - of bootable deployments. If the system crashes or you pull the - power, you will have either the old system, or the new one. + OSTree is designed to implement fully atomic and safe upgrades; + more generally, atomic transitions between lists of bootable + deployments. If the system crashes or you pull the power, you + will have either the old system, or the new one.