Re: unattended-upgrades by default?

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> schrieb:
> Definitely. I think we've got general consenus here, and we should do
> the following:
>
>  * work on fixing some of the highlighted bugs in unattended-upgrades
>
>  * enable it for installation via d-i by default. At installation
>    time, it should be enabled by default with a clear message to the
>    user saying so and giving them the choice to disable if preferred.
>
>  * document these changes, and give clear guidance for people on what
>    to do about it if they want to disable u-u.
>
> Who's in for helping with this, please?

If you're going that route, you need to make sure to clearly indicate
that people still need subscribe to debian-security-announce. We will
inevitably have cases where additionally information is needed to
set an update into effect.

Cheers,
        Moritz