On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:29:28 -0500, Jeff Johnson <n3npq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The provides name space is there to be used, "polluting" is bottom trolling. I think the discussion already generated in this thread about fedora-secure-system is an indication of the ploblematic nature of casting this information into the provides of Core packages. Provides are there to be used... surely.. and easily misused. Using this provides for internal audit sure seems like a slick solution for internal needs... but at the same time exposing this information to external users in a way that makes it quite easy to misuse as mechanism in depsolving. As soon as Core drops these provides in, packagers will start playing with providing fedora-secure-system like metapackages that use these provides. If the original intent for creating the provides is solely for internal auditing needs, is it appropriate to expose to everyone in this way? -jef
