On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:18:00 -0600 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 09:53:56 -0500, > "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >On 12/15/2012 09:07 AM, Tim wrote: > >>On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 13:08 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > >>>preupgrade is going away in f18. > >>>It's being replaced by fedup. > >>>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp > >>Sounds like an April 1st gag. > >> > >>Yes, I did look at the page. > >> > >So.....according to the site, there's a chance of a "middle-man" > >attacking your system when you use fedup?....so then what's the > >alternative? I would hate to implement something new and have it > >wreck my PC. Was this also th case with preupgrade and Fedora > >17?....I just find it weird that something like this wouldn't have > >been dealt with BEFORE implementation of a new way of doing things... > > Unless you think you have a chance of being singled out by a > goverment or if you don't trust some of the people/machines on your > local network, this isn't a significant risk. Additionally, F18 is not out yet, and there are still fedup bugs that may or should be fixed before release as well as after release. I agree the concern listed on that page is overblown. kevin
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