I believe this is fixed in Xenial and auto-updates should be enabled by default.
--- unattended-upgrades (0.90) unstable; urgency=medium [ Alexandre Detiste ] * tweak a bit the French translations [ Michael Vogt ] * debian/templates: set unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates to "true" (Closes: #707055) * debian/config: set debconf questions about origin/enable to low -- Michael Vogt <m...@debian.org> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:05:58 -0800 ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Wishlist ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released ** Summary changed: - Design flaw: does nothing after install? split package into {,-core} ? + Auto-updates should be enabled by default -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031098 Title: Auto-updates should be enabled by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1031098/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs