Bug#343392: apt: --default-always option for apt-get?

[Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.42.1
Severity: wishlist

'apt-get --assume-yes upgrade' is too bold; for example, it
will replace your config files.

--trivial-only is too cautious: It exits with
  E: Trivial Only specified but this is not a trivial operation

How about an intermediate option --default-always that is like hitting
return to get the default action.  I suppose one could simulate its
effect with

  yes '' | apt-get upgrade

but that feels a bit risky.  I worry that it might hang in unusual
situations that --default-always could get out of more safely.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-rc5
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-8    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.0.2-5  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.0.2-5    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

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