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Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

Posted Nov 20, 2009 4:16 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation by mmcgrath
Parent article: Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

On 2), noone caught this before because Rawhide packages are unsigned making PackageKit prompt for password and also because those of who choose to retain the authorization while entering the password for the first time wouldn't notice the difference after an upgrade. So it's not the fault of the lifecycle. Maintainers are certainly responsible for announcing and documenting the changes properly.


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Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

Posted Nov 20, 2009 6:41 UTC (Fri) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

Uhh, unsigned packages doesn't sound good.

Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

Posted Nov 20, 2009 6:56 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

Just to be clear, Rawhide is the development branch of Fedora.

Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

Posted Nov 22, 2009 11:40 UTC (Sun) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

I knew that before my post :)

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