On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 11:36:06AM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > On Thursday, DNF version 0.5.3 was announced, along with Core DNF > > Plugins 0.1.1, which contains a new protected_packages plugin. So, > > there we go. > I'm guessing this is equivalent to the protect-packages plugin for Yum? > I would like to know what is the status of not allowing a user to remove > the running kernel with `dnf remove kernel'. Where can I find that? In the links in the message -- but, also, I meant for the above to mean that yes, it's implemented now. Sorry for not making that more clear. > I'm a bit unclear on what such a ticket should say. One's personal > perspective on the issue in contention, or a summary of mailing list > discussions (with all the flames and embers edited out, maybe with > references)? Generally, use cases are compelling. "I have this particular problem, with characteristics a, b, and c. I suggest this particular solution, because x, y, z." It also helps if you graciously recognize the factors playing into opposing proposals. A de-flamed summary of the discussion with references is always great, too. Take a look at http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2013/04/09/fedora-board-fedora-userbase-discussion/ and some other posts on Máirín's blog for a great example of this. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org