[devel] [JT] *Kit

[Vitaly Kuznetsov]

Michael Shigorin <mike на osdn.org.ua> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 01:44:28AM +0300, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> > In short, the problem was that in the Fedora 12 default
>> > installation, regular users sitting at the console could install
>> > signed packages from any repository that the administrator has
>> > enabled. [...]
>> Fedora is a "bleeding edge" and thus this is normal.
>
> The Fedora project has likely learned quite a bit from this
> particular controversy, and it seems to be taking the right steps
> to avoid a repeat in the future.

I think new RHEL will have different defaults ;) Target matters. I don't
think it was an indeliberate mistake. Allowing user to install packages
is normal for a single user desktop system but it may be fatal for a
server. Defaults must differ.

-- 
Vitaly Kuznetsov, ALT Linux