Bug#883611:

Hi Juhani,

Thanks for the advise, I will start to work on that now but I am also trying to ensure that the same package will build for ubuntu based systems which is why I used compat 9 however I will try add an appropriate check in the Makefile for that.

Hi Bart,

I am not entirely sure about the correct process for creating a new package as the docs recommend creating an ITP so I raised that last month. With no response to that I raised a separate bug seeking sponsorship. I am not sure if both are a requirement.

Hi Pabs,

As per the ITP (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=880600) there is a lot of additional functionality that auter provides which goes way beyond what is offered by cron-apt and unattended-upgrades:

- Auter has the functionality to separate download schedules from install schedules which is great for organisations wanting to version control updates across multiple servers and environments while staggering the update process for the servers.

- It also allows for customised scripts to be executed pre and post downloading updates, applying updates and rebooting the server

- It has the option to automate reboots after the patching process has been applied

- There is an option of setting up multiple patching profiles eg: weekly application patches and monthly system/kernel patching (This is entirely customiseable)

- In cases where admins have multiple servers with different rehdat or debian based distributions, the same application and configuration files can be deployed to servers regardless of the distribution.

Thanks for the responses.