yum RFE
Ed Hill
ed at eh3.com
Thu Oct 19 00:15:32 UTC 2006
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:26:38 -0400 Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:39:50PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > You want a technical solution to a socio-political problem.
> >
> > They historically don't work. For evidence of these see Bruce
> > Schneiers website. :)
>
> They work very well providing they exist to persuade people and guide
> them not to enforce [1]. It isn't enforcement we need but guidance
>
> There is a very good case for
>
> "Package [foo] from 'unimploded-wombats-repository' wishes to replace
> glibc in your base system. This may lead to future update or
> incompatibility problems. Are you sure Y/N"
Yes!
And perhaps add a URL to a page containing a more in-depth explanation.
The aspect that many people (esp. Seth Vidal) seem to be overlooking is
the opportunity to *help* people understand what's happening. And what
the implications are and why.
People can learn from experience. And people can make more informed
judgements when the information is at hand.
Ed
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Edward H. Hill III, PhD | ed at eh3.com | http://eh3.com/
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