Re: [CentOS-devel] Package backports - 5.4 kernel

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:20:16AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:

I trust CentOS won't follow the path of inflicting updates on users in that manner. Even automatically downloading changes should not be done without consent, user may have preferences as to time of day (bandwidth management) and repos used. Some might have local repos mirrored from official ones, I've certainly done that at times.

The sane default is for automatic updates to be enabled. If you are an on-top-of-things admin who likes or needs greater specific control, you know to disable them. Those users who aren't, however, get some level of protection.