On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 04:41:20PM +0000, Ankur Sinha wrote: > > Remember enabling the repos do > > not mean any software gets autoinstalled. > > Hrm, OK. I see what you mean. It is asking the user similar questions > and that, from a usability perspective, is not a good thing. Sure. My > concern is of a different nature. Does enabling a third-party repo allow software to be automatically installed from that repo to satisfy dependencies on system updates, even if nothing has been explicitly installed from that third-party repo? Can a third-party repo override packages from Fedora repos? > I am concerned that in the current implementation, or in what I see > being discussed (so please correct me if this is inaccurate), I do not > see a stage where we point out to the user that we, as Fedora, would > really really reallllyyyy like them to use Free software, and not > use proprietary software unless absolutely necessary (right?). > > Would you have any ideas on how the whole experience can include such a > statement to clearly emphasize our commitment to Free Software? > > Like I had said in a reply before, I think this is an excellent > opportunity to make the Free Software philosophy more visible to end > users. :) Maybe we can "taint" the system if proprietary software is installed, like how the kernel gets tainted with proprietary kernel modules? ABRT can then report the tainted status in any bugs it files. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
