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Re: fedup: does not verify source

From:  Rahul Sundaram <metherid-AT-gmail.com>
To:  Development discussions related to Fedora <devel-AT-lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject:  Re: fedup: does not verify source
Date:  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:15:25 -0500
Message-ID:  <CAHc5q3fw-5Ve9=NEkEzkcDWVJDxQ4OoWPFBmKf5pRi0h5FwrDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Björn Persson
<bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se>wrote:

> Except for Yum, which has for years been the only method that was both
> secure and practical anyway, but I agree. As long as people are being
> discouraged from upgrading by Yum because it's "unsupported", removing
> the only "supported" and secure upgrade method is definitely a
> regression, and quite irresponsible.
>

I have filed a ticket for FESCo's consideration on the fedup situation

https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/982

No ISO based or graphical upgrade by itself is a severe regression but
having no supported upgrade path that is secure is I think is just
unacceptable.

Rahul
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