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Re: system upgrade by systemd



On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 03:47:19PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> An user does probably not need an “automatic updates” feature if she
> wants such a level of manual control. In which case she can just disable
> the updates and do her thing. 

Absolutely agreed. That's why I'd like to see the user told what he's getting
into. The package description of gnome-software says:

Software Center for GNOME
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
...

How is anyone supposed to realize that this will include an automatic
download of updates? And no, I didn't leave the best part out, the rest of
the description is pretty technical.

> I hope you are not seriously suggesting we should present users with
> choices all the time, especially choices with serious security
> consequences that most users are unable to appreciate. 

Not sure what you mean with "all the time", but I do believe we have way less
important debconf questions than "Do you want to download updates
automatically?"

Michael

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