Monday 7 August 2017

Default policy for "Security Updates" changed between Trusty and Xenial

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@seb128 suggested this mailing list might be more adequate for this
discussion.

In "Software Properties" the default option for Security Updates is now
set to "Download and install immediately".

I have described the impact of this policy and my personal
recommendations regarding what do do about it in the following bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1700930

I'd be interested in knowing the community's thoughts on this matter.

Regards,

Etienne Papegnies

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