Re:Not sure I'd trust this... (Score 1)

I'm not sure I'd trust Ximian to auto-update my system - while they try pretty hard, I've had just too many dependancy conflicts updating RPMS from them to feel really warm and fuzzy about having it happen automatically.

The automatic updating is totally optional, and it will never "force" an update, so dependency problems can be resolved by the user.

Unless redcarpetd has the ability to prevent upgrades on selected packages I wouldn't trust it.

It does, through an .rcexclude file. It's not ideal (yet), but it's a start.

And until the packages get vetted better for conflicts I would be careful.

If you see dependency problems in our packages, it's almost certainly a bug. File it: http://bugzilla.ximian.com.