2014-04-11 22:18 GMT+02:00 Matt Alexander <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Tyler Riddle <[email protected]> wrote: >> It was suggested to me that a valid compromise would be to provide two GCE >> specific images. While I don't disagree that automatic updates of packages >> is a useful feature, I do disagree that the behavior is properly >> Debian/Wheezy. How about having two images available - the first image (head >> of the list, default choice, most obvious thing) is configured as has been >> proposed: newbie friendly and designed so that anyone, even people who have >> no idea what they are doing, can have some reasonable expectation of >> maintaining an up-to-date server. The image description should properly list >> it as "Debian/Wheezy GCE edition" and mention the behavior changes. >> >> The next image would be one for people who know what they are doing. This >> one could be labeled as "Debian/Wheezy" only. The behavior would match what >> a seasoned user of Debian would expect. People who know what they are doing >> will be able to read the image descriptions and select the correct image for >> their use case. Seasoned admins don't have to undo work that only exists >> because of others that don't know what they are doing. >> >> This is the first comprise I've seen yet that does not include changing the >> way things will be unpredictable. It seems reasonable to me. > > This idea sounds good to me and would serve both sets of users, while > introducing a slight bit of confusion to GCE users about which to > choose, which I think is acceptable.
I agree. > Hopefully having automatic security updates enabled for Debian 8 could > be considered in parallel as well. I have just started a discussion in -devel about this. Should appear soon at: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/04/threads.html Regards -- Mathieu Parent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAFX5sbz+=O-4teFpymHyGyVatdCEPAfGwu76mu_a=4-uzpy...@mail.gmail.com
