> We'll eventually add phased updates to APT too, but we're not there
yet.

I'm not sure it's a good idea to go out of your way to make it
impossible for users to get the current version of a package by any
means. The update-manager behavior is defensible, and even sensible; but
there's enormous value to users still having the option to get an update
through a different path if they need it. 2+ days, when a package that
you need has been broken by a bad update, can be a very long time.

I don't think tampering with APT that way as well is at all defensible,
unless part of that work fixes the oversights in the original spec and
allows users to override the behavior. For example, designating one
machine as a canary at 0% into the phased update cycle, i.e.
immediately; and the others as 80%+ into it.

Anyway, the reason I'm here now is to confirm that update-manager just
now offered the non-security updates from two days ago, so it's working
as designed. (Although the communication of that behavior within the app
itself could certainly be better: i.e. "not absolutely none"... :P)

Forcing phased updates on APT itself though, in the absence of better
controls, is a terrible idea. Please don't.

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