On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Anders Karlsson <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not 100% sure, as I don't currently have a Debian based system to > check with, but from memory, this is what a Debian based system > does, have a cronjob that does the nightly updates. If so, the apt > package in Fedora just does what upstream (Debian) does, and we track > upstream closely, right? We follow upstream as closely as is reasonable. Whether an automated service should be turned on by default or not when a package is installed is an issue that needs consideration on a service by service basis. Some services can be quite disruptive and when they are included as part an of a more complicated package it may not make sense to turn them on by default to reduce unexpected disruptions. Having the apt autoupdate cronjob in question included in the same binary package as apt itself may mean that it should be turned off by default. But if it were packaged as a subpackage whose only purpose was to install the autoupdate service onto your system, then it maybe reasonable to turn it on by default. User intent comes into play in the calculation and if it can be argued that users commonly install apt without needing or knowing about the autoupdate service that is also included..then it should be disabled by default. -jef"I'm personally in favor of making apt's default behavior as disruptive as possible, to encourage people to stop using it on Fedora systems"spaleta -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
