Request to re-add option to disable SELinux - compromise

[Rahul Sundaram]

jeff wrote:
>>> But there are numerous other justifications I could give, including my
>>> personal belief that it's absolutely nuts to thrust SE Linux upon
>>> unsuspecting Desktop users (who don't know what it is anyway) without
>>> giving them the choice to turn it off.
>>
>> If they don't know what it is, how are they supposed to decide to shut
>> it off or not?
> 
> Perhaps by way of a compromise it could be noted in the installation 
> docs if you want to disable SELinux you should add "linux selinux=0" to 
> the boot: line of the install CD. This would make the option available 
> the same way that xfs/reiserfs/jfs are available. The user isn't 
> confronted with it, but Linus[1] can then easily disable it at install 
> time.

The policy has already been fixed and swfdec isn't installed by default 
so there is no need to do that. It is already documented in the SELinux 
FAQ now but installation guide can have a reference too. File a RFE.

Rahul