Bug#797135: gnome-software downloads updates automatically by default
Mike Miller
mtmiller at debian.org
Fri Aug 28 13:03:54 UTC 2015
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 06:13:18 +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Once installed the software downloads updates and makes the system do an
> uograde automatically without even asking the user for confirmation once.
It *downloads* updates automatically but does not install them until the
user does something. The *something* may be clicking a button in the
Software application that says “Restart & Install”, or it may be
rebooting the system where a checkbox is shown asking the user whether
to “Install pending software updates” or not.
> should be a very big warning to tell people, but the package description not
> even gives a hint.
It may be worth adding something to the package description or
README.Debian that the package also runs as a background service to
automatically stage system updates.
Worth mentioning #797138, which is the cause of the aforementioned
checkbox being checked by default rather than unchecked. When this is
fixed, gnome-software will only download updates in the background but
never apply them without the user actively clicking a button or checking
a checkbox to do so.
I think critical is overstating a bit.
thanks,
--
mike
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