While dnf itself might want to stay "pure" and do as commanded, maybe for fedora there should be a default plugin that adds some protection for the regular users? On 21 June 2014 18:02, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox@xxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Tim Lauridsen <tim.lauridsen@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> many people stops reading fdl, because of all the flaming and people trash >> talking each other and that is sad for Fedora :-( > > > Thank you. No one likes trolling. > > It should be obvious that if you start removing packages you should > understand what you are doing. To run DNF, you first have to have root > authority - which should be the first red flag. Second, when you enter a > command to remove a package and it comes back and lists hundreds of > dependencies it is also going to remove, that should be enough of a nudge > for the prudent person to reply "N". > > You can't stop people from being careless by asking them again if they are > really, really sure. If they go ahead and destroy their system and have to > re-install, maybe that will be a sufficient deterrent to keep them from > doing it again. Just like telling a child not to touch a hot surface... > some listen and the ones that don't get burned. > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
