Hi there, On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:12:10 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: > * David Kalnischkies [Wed Feb 22, 2017 at 10:28:33PM +0100]: > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 09:04:16PM +0100, Luca Capello wrote: > > > > ...it will break existing practices, e.g.: > > > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade -y > > > FYI, I would call it a regression. [...] > > Ignoring that reading the apt output even in such invocations isn't > > a bad idea as it will e.g. tell you which packages it can't upgrade > > – I kinda hope you aren't performing a release upgrade unattended… > > Several customers of mine have fully automated upgrade procedures, > without any manual intervention needed and I'm sure there are > several other folks doing similar stuff. In big environments with > many systems and also products based on Debian which require easy > upgrade procedures (possibly even by the enduser) I'm actually > expecting to see such practices, since the process to get there can > be automated + tested in advance (that's what we're doing).
I could have not said better, thanks Mika. And for the release upgrade (which FTR I have never tested/done unattended yet), I first carefully read the release notes, which most of the time helps me sorting the biggest problem way before starting the upgrade. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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