Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Tom H]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 06:35:26 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> Unless the mate maintainers want unattended-upgrades to be installed
>> no matter what. That would be their right.
>
> Making it a hard dependency might be the best decision, if the target
> group are clueless users, but making it a recommended dependency is a
> reasonable compromise.

The avoidance and/or postponement of updates isn't a function of
sysadmin skills.