Bug#797135: gnome-software downloads updates automatically by default

[Mike Miller]

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