Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-20 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:34:20AM -0600, Mel Chua wrote: > >I think the update in progress needs to be ..uhm.. "propagated" more. > >Not a lot of folks (I also mean users who only heard of the drama via > >dents etc and nothing more) are aware of it. > > +1 - thanks for getting this started, Anku

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-20 Thread Mel Chua
On 11/20/2009 02:04 AM, susmit shannigrahi wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/ The site has posted this update at the top of the article. "Updated: This story was updated about 11 hours after it was published to reflect that Fedora developers have reversed

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-20 Thread susmit shannigrahi
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/ The site has posted this update at the top of the article. "Updated: This story was updated about 11 hours after it was published to reflect that Fedora developers have reversed course. Operating system users once again will be

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Mel Chua
I think the update in progress needs to be ..uhm.. "propagated" more. Not a lot of folks (I also mean users who only heard of the drama via dents etc and nothing more) are aware of it. +1 - thanks for getting this started, Ankur. Things are moving fast around here, and anything we can do to hel

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 23:43 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 07:24:44AM +0530, susmit shannigrahi wrote: > > "Fedora users are revolting against a change introduced in the latest > > version of the operating system that allows the installation of > > thousands of software tit

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 08:42:25AM +0400, Amit Caleechurn wrote: >Now that an update has been announced for packagekit, will this update be >applied to official ISOs or will users be expected to apply the update >themselves or disable this behavior if they don't have the machine >co

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 11/20/2009 10:12 AM, Amit Caleechurn wrote: > Now that an update has been announced for packagekit, will this update > be applied to official ISOs or will users be expected to apply the > update themselves or disable this behavior if they don't have the > machine connected to the net? An update

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 07:24:44AM +0530, susmit shannigrahi wrote: > "Fedora users are revolting against a change introduced in the latest > version of the operating system that allows the installation of > thousands of software titles without an administrative password. > > Critics say the move

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Amit Caleechurn
Now that an update has been announced for packagekit, will this update be applied to official ISOs or will users be expected to apply the update themselves or disable this behavior if they don't have the machine connected to the net? Regards, Amit On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:54 AM, susmit shannigra

[in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread susmit shannigrahi
"Fedora users are revolting against a change introduced in the latest version of the operating system that allows the installation of thousands of software titles without an administrative password. Critics say the move diminishes the security of machines running the open-source OS by giving unpri