[atlas] Encouraging people to upgrade software probe versions

I fully agree with Gert.
There's nothing to add to his statement, except that we could consider to opt-out automatic updates? A small switch like RXTXRPT. But automatic updates set to enabled should be the default setting.

BR,
Simon


On 09.01.23 10:52, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 10:19:34AM +0100, Michel Stam wrote:
>> The automatic update for the CentOS package was removed as of 5080. This means that the update to 5080 will still be automatic, but not any more after this (say 5090 onwards).
>> This was a request by several users because Atlas forced the update, which violated their sysadmin policies.
> I find this surprising, to say the least.
>
> The whole point about ATLAS Probes is "RIPE NCC manages them" - as host
> of a handful of hardware probes, I have no say in whether I want them
> upgraded or not, or what they should do or not do.
>
> So I would expect all software probes to always upgrade themselves,
> and this be clearly communicated to SW probe hosts.
>
> If this violates your sysadmin policies, you shouldn't run 3rd-party
> maintained *and operated* software.
>
> Gert Doering
>          -- NetMaster
>
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