https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/KDEKinoiteAutoUpdateByDefault

This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==

On Fedora Kinoite, Plasma Discover supports automatically updating the
system in a safe fashion via rpm-ostree staged updates. We want users
to benefit from bug fixes and updates in general by default thus we
want to enable auto-updates by default. Users will still have the
option of disabling that or tuning the frequency at which updates
happen.

== Owner ==

* Name: [[User:Siosm|Timothée Ravier]], [[User:Ngompa|Neal Gompa]]
* Email: <si...@fedoraproject.org>, <ngo...@fedoraproject.org>



== Detailed Description ==

We will enable a setting named "Unattended Updates" in Plasma Discover
that will enable background updates by default in new installations
and existing installations. This process uses rpm-ostree staged
updates support to download and prepare the new version of the system
in the background, which is then used on reboot.

The user will only be notified to reboot their system once the updates
have been applied and once a given amount of time has passed before
the last time an update was applied.

Pull request for the change:
https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/pull-request/393
Bugs related to the change (that the change owner will fix):
* https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471548
* https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454422

== Feedback ==

None so far.

== Benefit to Fedora ==

Users benefit from updates quickly and by default. Users don't have to
worry about updating their system anymore.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: Implement and test the change
(https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/pull-request/393)
* Other developers: N/A
* Release engineering: N/A
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==

All Kinoite systems updated to Fedora 39 will have this setting set by
default if the options have not been changed manually before.

== How To Test ==

Run `echo -e "[Global]\nUseUnattendedUpdates=true\n" >
/etc/xdg/PlasmaDiscoverUpdates` as `root` and reset the Update setting
page to the defaults. The system should now download updates
automatically and asks for a reboot once a week.

== User Experience ==

User will not have to manually check for updates, they will be applied
automatically in the background. After a week without a reboot, they
will be offered to reboot to apply system updates.



== Dependencies ==

N/A

== Contingency Plan ==

* Contingency mechanism: Push the change to the next release or undo the change.
* Contingency deadline: N/A. Any time before we GA
* Blocks release? No

== Documentation ==

None needed.

== Release Notes ==

Update on Fedora Kinoite are now downloaded automatically and applied
on the next reboot.



-- 
Aoife Moloney

Product Owner

Community Platform Engineering Team

Red Hat EMEA

Communications House

Cork Road

Waterford
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