Hi folks, I don't quite understand the meaning of automatic upgrades on a rolling system such as Debian/Sid. According to my own experience, such automatic upgrades could be dangerous.
Recently package ppp is pending for upgrade but it does not co-exist with my currently installed network-manager. Today when I was shutting down my machine, Gnome automatically checked the "install updates ..." box for me before I realized its existence. As a result, the system reboots and installed ppp by force, removing network-manager and break my system for daily use as I need network-manager for wifi-access. I've been a daily Sid user for at least 4 years. Automatic upgrades are to blame for nearly all my system troubles. And I feel very disappointed every time linux behaves like M$ windows. So, do we have a consensus on whether automatic upgrades should be enabled by default?