Bug#479431: Should D-I upgrade packages during pkgsel?
Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 02:57:34PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>> If we do want to do this, I guess it would have to be a separate step in
>> pkgsel, preferably _before_ running tasksel. Maybe we should somehow check
>> if there are updates available and then run an
>> in-target aptitude --without-recommends safe-upgrade
>> possibly after prompting the user whether he wants to do the upgrade or not.
>>
>> What do others think of this?
>
> Sounds like a good idea. :)
>
> I think that we should do the upgrade without prompting if a security
> mirror has been defined. This sounds like a reasonable default.
>
> Would "safe-upgrade" handle changes in kernel package names? (I am not
> totally up to date on these new terms.)
I worry about the time for the download in some connections all
around the World. It can take a while and I think that we should at
least provide a way to user to cancel the download if he wants to do
that later.
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