Re: APT 0.7 for sid
Sex, 2007-06-08 às 06:21 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez escreveu:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 11:36:57AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote:
> > Sex, 2007-06-08 às 09:58 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine escreveu:
> > > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 09:24:48AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 12:59:38AM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote:
> > > > > The big new stuff is:
> > > > > - support for unattended installing security upgrades (via the
> > > > > unattended-upgrades package and the apt cronjob)
> > > >
> > > > This sounds juicy, assuming it matches what I've in mind; where can I
> > > > find more info on this new feature?
> > > >
> > >
> > > It looks also very dangerous :)
> >
> > There are a lot of server (mostly in Small business) that would benefit
> > a *lot* from this.
> >
> > i have 2 servers that i only login for apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
> > -y, they are running sarge (yet) and only install security upgrades.
> >
> > These 2 server will not be put in danger by making the update && upgrade
> > in an autonomous way.
> >
> > one good feature would be (i don't know if it's included) an option to
> > mail the sysadmin when a new kernel is installed. Because reboot cannot
> > be automated ... or let the sysadmin install only the kernel manually
> > (or have an option do that) but inform the sysadmin mail command is our
> > friend) for the existence of new kernel..
>
> How is what you describe different from what cron-apt already does?
the ability to REAL integration with apt and extend it's options ...
i consider it like ... the next cron-apt stage (integration in apt).
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
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