Bug#512880: cron-apt: Please document added value of this package
Thanks a lot for the pointers! // Ola Quoting Osamu Aoki : Hi, I was updating Debian reference. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:29:10AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: Hi Osamu Very good information! I was not aware of this change. I will document that this package may be obsolete, at least to some extent. However I do not think that will be done before the lenny release. I have to learn what the new apt function do before I document. But if you have a proposed text that is of course good. :-) Related section is: http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#automaticdownloapgradeofpackages Also, this was new thing to me but I do not know when they implimented. http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#automaticdownloapgradeofpackages Osamu -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology / o...@inguza.comAnnebergsslingan 37\ | o...@debian.org 654 65 KARLSTAD| | http://inguza.com/Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#512880: cron-apt: Please document added value of this package
Hi, I was updating Debian reference. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:29:10AM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Hi Osamu > > Very good information! I was not aware of this change. > > I will document that this package may be obsolete, at least to some > extent. However I do not think that will be done before the lenny release. > I have to learn what the new apt function do before I document. But if you > have a proposed text that is of course good. :-) Related section is: http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#automaticdownloapgradeofpackages Also, this was new thing to me but I do not know when they implimented. http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#automaticdownloapgradeofpackages Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#512880: cron-apt: Please document added value of this package
Hi Osamu Very good information! I was not aware of this change. I will document that this package may be obsolete, at least to some extent. However I do not think that will be done before the lenny release. I have to learn what the new apt function do before I document. But if you have a proposed text that is of course good. :-) Thanks for the information. Best regards, // Ola On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 01:19:13AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for sending mail text before proofing. > > This is what it should have been: > > Please note, APT package since 0.5.28 Ubuntu hoary and 0.5.29 Debian > unstable (Sat, 13 Nov 2004) has its own script /etc/cron.daily/apt, > which can do: > * fancy auto-clean with rule > * check and download upgradable packages automatically > * automatic unattended upgrade > + need to install unattended-upgrades package > + aimed for security upgrade and have its blacklist capability > + mail capability (The extent of this, i do not know for sure?) > > These can be enabled via apt configuration variables (usually stored in > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02backup and 50unattended-upgrades). > > Your cron-apt packagr can function without python since it is a shell > script but its capability is limited. > > So, I think it is fair to document what is the actual added value of > this package somewhere like README so people understand why or why-not > to install this and what to do with this. > > Osamu > > > > -- - Ola Lundqvist --- / o...@debian.org Annebergsslingan 37 \ | o...@inguza.com 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#512880: cron-apt: Please document added value of this package
Hi, Sorry for sending mail text before proofing. This is what it should have been: Please note, APT package since 0.5.28 Ubuntu hoary and 0.5.29 Debian unstable (Sat, 13 Nov 2004) has its own script /etc/cron.daily/apt, which can do: * fancy auto-clean with rule * check and download upgradable packages automatically * automatic unattended upgrade + need to install unattended-upgrades package + aimed for security upgrade and have its blacklist capability + mail capability (The extent of this, i do not know for sure?) These can be enabled via apt configuration variables (usually stored in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02backup and 50unattended-upgrades). Your cron-apt packagr can function without python since it is a shell script but its capability is limited. So, I think it is fair to document what is the actual added value of this package somewhere like README so people understand why or why-not to install this and what to do with this. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#512880: cron-apt: Please document added value of this package
Package: cron-apt Version: 0.6.7 Severity: wishlist Please note, APT package since 0.5.28 Ubuntu hoary and 0.5.29 Debian unstable (Sat, 13 Nov 2004) has its own script /etc/cron.daily/apt, which can do: * fancy auto-clean with rule * check and download upgradable packages automatically * automatic unattended upgrade + need to install unattended-upgrades package + aimed for security upgrade and have its blacklist capability + mail capability (The extent of this, i do not know for sure?) These can be enabled via apt configuration variables (usually stored in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02backup and 50unattended-upgrades). Your cron-apt can run without python since it is shell script but its capability is limitted. So, I think it is fair to document what is he actPlease note, APT package since 0.5.28 Ubuntu hoary and 0.5.29 Debian unstable (Sat, 13 Nov 2004) has its own script /etc/cron.daily/apt, which can do: * fancy auto-clean with rule * check and download upgradable packages automatically * automatic unattended upgrade + need to install unattended-upgrades package + aimed for security upgrade and have its blacklist capability + mail capability (The extent of this, i do not know for sure?) These can be enabled via apt configuration variables (usually stored in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02backup and 50unattended-upgrades). ual added value of tis package somewhere so people understand why or why-not to install this. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (800, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cron-apt depends on: ii apt 0.7.20.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg Versions of packages cron-apt recommends: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20081101cvs-2 A simple mail user agent ii cron 3.0pl1-105management of regular background p ii liblockfile1 1.08-3NFS-safe locking library, includes ii mailx 1:20081101-2 Transitional package for mailx ren cron-apt suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org