On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 01:32:00PM -0000, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > I think automatic updating on old caches is not really the best idea, > because it will always happen when you expect it the least. Or maybe you > do in fact want the old one.
>From the perspective of users, I absolutely disagree. Users always want the latest. Users expect a download, so hitting the archive index should never be a problem. A user not wanting the latest is actually being a developer. > Or maybe you do in fact want the old one. Developers might, sure. Developers would have to override using a CLI option or set some global configuration to override. But I think the way forward for the "apt" CLI is to be user-centric. This is the entire point of it, no? The defaults can either be sensible for users, or for developers. This is an example where I think it cannot be both. So what should "apt" be? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429285 Title: feature request: apt-get update --if-necessary To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1429285/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
