Security policy oversight needed?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Fri Nov 20 01:39:13 UTC 2009


Adam Williamson wrote:
> It's a point I've made elsewhere, but I'm not sure it's perfectly okay
> to keep talking about 'the desktop spin'. First of all, this does not
> only affect the desktop live image: it also affects a default install
> from either the DVD image or a network install. PackageKit is installed
> by default in both those cases.
> 
> (I wouldn't be surprised if it's also on the Xfce and LXDE spins too,
> btw).

It's also on the KDE spin. KPackageKit uses the same PackageKit behind the 
scenes as gnome-packagekit.

And besides, I don't see this policy change as being appropriate even for 
the GNOME desktop spin.

        Kevin Kofler




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