Package: packagekit Version: 1.2.6-5 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: jbi...@debian.org
Hi, I just installed Debian Trixie on a laptop using the daily Debian installer netboot image and selected the default desktop, Gnome. On that installation, packagekit is installed and packagekit-offline-update.service is enabled by default. As a result, when booting the machine, I sometimes have to wait several dozen minutes before I can start using my computer. I see no indication that this operation can be skipped or canceled, so I have to sit and wait until it is done. Is this the kind of behaviour that we want to have in the default installation of Debian Trixie? I used to use unattended-upgrades which managed to keep my system updated in the background. Should that kind of upgrade experience not rather be the default? I remember having seen Gnome installations that inform the user of available updates while the system is running and allow the user to perform the upgrade without rebooting. But I'm not familiar enough with Gnome to be able to tell what component that was. But it was certainly a much nicer user experience than having to sit and wait though an upgrade when all i want to do is use my computer *now*. If you are not going to change the default, what is the recommended alternative? I can mask packagekit-offline-update.service but then what would be the recommended way to keep a Gnome installation up-to-date? Thanks! cheers, josch
