Turns out that gnome-software has explicitly disabled interactivity in the packagekit plugins, this is why the debconf doesn't work:
pk_client_set_interactive (PK_CLIENT (priv->task), FALSE); I'll ask upstream why this is... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643134 Title: Switch gnome-software to use PackageKit backend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1643134/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs