Comment 27 for bug 1615482

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 08:16:37AM -0000, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> We can't increase the delay for older distros, as it delays all daily
> cron jobs there. We could increase to 2 hours, but I don't feel like
> doing daily APT releases changing time outs, and 1.4.1 with the 1 hour
> time out is out already.
>

For older distros where apt daily still happens from cron (and not
systemd timers), we could rename /etc/cron.daily/apt to something like
zzapt so it happens at the very end so it doesn't delay all daily cron
jobs.

Then ship out /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades overriding
APT::Periodic::RandomSleep (3600) so it's easier for users to override
if needed.

> I mean, I change it to 2 hours now, and tomorrow someone else turns up
> and either says 2 hours is too much or 2 hours is too low. Or not "5 to
> 7, I'd rather have 6 to 8." I think at some point we have to stay with a
> decision.
>
> If 1 hour turns out to be problematic, then we should revisit this when
> we see an issue IMO.

Okay.

Thanks,

Haw