On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Elad Alfassa <elad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. > > I propose we remove firewall-config (the graphical firewall configuration > utility) from the default install of Fedora Workstation. > Rationale: > > * The default Workstation zone file allows incoming connection to non-root > ports. This means most of the common usecases will "just work" out of the > box. Thus, most users will not need to touch their Firewall settings. > > * People who do need it will be able to install it from GNOME Software quite > easily. Just search for "Firewall". There will be no confusion as this is > the only firewall configuration tool shown in GNOME Software. > > * In general, we should avoid having app launchers for things that are > configuration utilities in the default install. > > Unless there's major objection to this change in the following few days, > I'll remove it from the gnome-desktop group in comps. I object for now. I'd like to hear more from Matthias, Christian, and the firewalld contributors first. We already discussed this a while ago and there has been work to make it more Workstation appropriate. I don't think we should remove it without consensus from everyone that has already been discussing this. josh -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
