Re: PackageKit Misconceptions

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ons, 22.08.2007 kl. 14.32 -0400, skrev Jesse Keating:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:17:06 -0400
> "Colin Walters" <walters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > No one has really solved the problem of trojan software.  Dialogs are
> > definitely not a solution.  Now, we can have a dialog for it and I
> > wouldn't argue against it - but we shouldn't delude ourselves into
> > thinking that having people enter a password is going to stop them
> > from getting their MP3s to play.
> 
> It's not about stopping them from getting mp3s, but whatever.
> 
> "We want better dialogs that aren't technobabble".  I agree
> wholeheartedly.
> 
> "We want to allow for (and default to) some level of auth before
> allowing installing software/writing to outside your home dir".  Again
> in agreement.
> 
> Your browser question is only so so.  Sure you can install stuff to
> your home dir, but you can't compromise other users on the system.
> 
And for the desktop spin...how many other users are there on the system
normally?

Cheers
Kjartan


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