dnf even allows to uninstall RPM and systemd without warnings

[Naheem Zaffar]

While dnf itself might want to stay "pure" and do as commanded, maybe
for fedora there should be a default plugin that adds some protection
for the regular users?

On 21 June 2014 18:02, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox at bzb.us> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Tim Lauridsen <tim.lauridsen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> many people stops reading fdl, because of all the flaming and people trash
>> talking each other and that is sad for Fedora :-(
>
>
> Thank you.  No one likes trolling.
>
> It should be obvious that if you start removing packages you should
> understand what you are doing.  To run DNF, you first have to have root
> authority - which should be the first red flag. Second, when you enter a
> command to remove a package and it comes back and lists hundreds of
> dependencies it is also going to remove, that should be enough of a nudge
> for the prudent person to reply "N".
>
> You can't stop people from being careless by asking them again if they are
> really, really sure.  If they go ahead and destroy their system and have to
> re-install, maybe that will be a sufficient deterrent to keep them from
> doing it again.  Just like telling a child not to touch a hot surface...
> some listen and the ones that don't get burned.
>
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