Package: unattended-upgrades Version: 0.79.5 Severity: normal Hi,
On a Debian system, I run: root@flowsel:~# apt-get install unattended-upgrades I then get a debconf question: "Automatically download and install stable updates?" which defaults to No. This seems awkward and unnecessary hoop jumping to me. Why would I be installing the package when I didn't want any unattended-upgrades? And furthermore, why would this question default to false? The mere fact of me requesting its installation seems enough expression of my desire for unattended upgrades, or I wouldn't be installing it. It's de facto policy within Debian that if you install something, it will be enabled. For example, if you install a daemon it will be started. Debian Policy also states that any prompting should be kept to a minimum required. Cheers, Thijs -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (400, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages unattended-upgrades depends on: ii apt 0.9.7.8 ii apt-utils 0.9.7.8 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8 ii lsb-release 4.1+Debian8 ii python 2.7.3-4 ii python-apt 0.8.8.2 ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 unattended-upgrades recommends no packages. Versions of packages unattended-upgrades suggests: ii bsd-mailx 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1 ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 2.9.6-2 -- debconf information: * unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
