On Dec 7, 2007 11:40 AM, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Dec 7, 2007 4:24 AM, Patrice Dumas <pertusus@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > The target for dpkg are not casual users, and casual users won't use it > > anyway. > > And when someone wants to put a dpkg-enabled tool in the distro that > does target casual users? It's a slippery slope. We avoid > being on that slope by not having a fully functional dpkg on the system at all. Do you want to hassle most people that have a legitimate use just to protect everyone else? My level of tolerance is a one time warning, and then for all security features to *get out of the way*. Granted, we probably don't need apt-dpkg in Fedora, and synaptic is a very bad idea in my book, (although I'm sure someone else would disagree,) but it seems crazy to have to bend over backwards because there are stupid people around. -Yaakov -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
