Am 07.11.2016 um 14:48 schrieb Felipe Sateler: > On Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:47:28 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> To solve the issue and provide security updates by default, I'm >> proposing that we should switch to installing unattended-upgrades by >> default (and enabling it too) *unless* something else in the >> installation is already expected to deal with security updates. >> >> Thoughts? > > Is there a way to mark network connections as "expensive", and thus u-a > does nothing if only connected via that? > > It would be very annoying to have packages automatically downloaded when > tethering my phone connection. NetworkManager (since 1.0.6) exposes the information whether a connection is metered. See https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2015/08/27/networkmanager-1-0-6-brings-metered-connections-api-and-more/ This can be set explicitly by the user, e.g. for a WiFi connection. Maybe u-a could query that information? That said, I read Steve's proposal to install u-a only for cloud-images. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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