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Subject: Re: Disabling automatic upgrades on Sid by default?
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 07:39:42 +0100
From: Jerome BENOIT <calcu...@rezozer.net>
Reply-To: calcu...@rezozer.net
Organisation: ReZoZeR
To: M. Zhou <lu...@debian.org>
Hi,
On 27/12/2020 07:01, M. Zhou wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I don't quite understand the meaning of automatic upgrades on a rolling
> system such as Debian/Sid. According to my own experience, such
> automatic upgrades could be dangerous.
>
> Recently package ppp is pending for upgrade but it does not co-exist
> with my currently installed network-manager. Today when I was shutting
> down my machine, Gnome automatically checked the "install updates ..."
> box for me before I realized its existence. As a result, the system
> reboots and installed ppp by force, removing network-manager and break
> my system for daily use as I need network-manager for wifi-access.
>
> I've been a daily Sid user for at least 4 years. Automatic upgrades are
> to blame for nearly all my system troubles. And I feel very
> disappointed every time linux behaves like M$ windows.
>
Are you really sure that Sid is meant for a daily computer ?
> So, do we have a consensus on whether automatic upgrades should be
> enabled by default?
>
The consensus is that Sid is broken, hence its name:
the guy next door who breaks my toys on a daily basis.
Jerome
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