Drawing lessons from fatal SELinux bug #1054350

[Sérgio Basto]

On Sex, 2014-01-24 at 00:55 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> So, what needs to happen:
> * SELinux must be disabled (or preferably, not installed in the first
> place, 
> to avoid wasting space for nothing) by default! Just consider the
> benefits 
> (none!) vs. the risks (what you are seeing now: bricked systems in
> both F20 
> and Rawhide, the users switching to other distributions). If we want
> to have 
> any users left, SELinux needs to go away NOW!

TBH: I always disable selinux , and yes, I vote on SELinux not be
install by default, not necessarily remove it.


> * The Update Policies must be repealed. This regression has shown us
> that 
> not only they totally failed at preventing it, but they are actively 
> contributing to exposing MORE users to broken updates by delaying
> regression 
> fixes. (This kind of regression fixes needs to go out DIRECTLY to
> stable!)

Also agree, this critical packages should go directly to stable and or
we should be able to revoke it.

Best regards,
-- 
Sérgio M. B.