dnf interactive config file updates

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 08:57:19AM +0200, Martin Sourada wrote:
> V Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:20:49 +0100
> "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> napsáno:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 02:17:14PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 17:49:45 +0100,
> > >  "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >Anyway, here is the BZ:
> > > >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211344
> > > 
> > > I filed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208626
> > > previously. You can disable it on the command line for scripting.
> > 
> > OK, but I think it's better if all dnf plugins understand 'dnf -y',
> > otherwise we'll end up having to have a pile of --disableplugin hacks
> > for every badly behaved plugin.
> > 
> > Rich.
> > 
> 
> And what should be the behaviour in this one? Clearly -y assuming Y for
> the plugin in question is very dangerous because it would replace all
> your configs that were updated in the upgraded package(s).
>
> I agree it would make sense for this plugin to be turned off by
> default, it's dangerous if used without caution, although I also agree
> it can be a very useful plugin, cause you can spot config changes in
> nicely formatted way (diff) during upgrade(s) and see if there's any
> problem if left without attention (our policies for updates and update
> QA are one of the best out there, but there can still be some slippage
> or during distro upgrade this can happen as well...).

As you say, I don't think that just installing dnf-plugins-extra
should enable this plugin.  Some extra step should be required.

That also makes 'dnf -y' safe.

Rich.

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