Comment 14 for bug 1686470
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| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote Re: [Bug 1686470] Re: Apt updates that are uniformly spread across all timezones, with predictable application windows | #14 |
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:20:47PM -0000, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> pabs just mentioned in #debian-apt that we could probably drop the
> ConditionACPower for the downloading service. I'm not sure why that was
> originally added, if only to protect upgrades or to save power when
> downloading, if anyone has an opinion, let me know.
Agreed, it should be ok to drop this. I believe the original rationale is
that you don't want to *apply* an upgrade while on battery, since running
out of power during the upgrade is Very Bad. But downloads should be ok.