On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 09:16:05 pm LI Daobing wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 09:09, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 09:05:25 pm LI Daobing wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 09:00, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 01:29:46 pm Jonathan Riddell wrote: > >> >> Ubuntu Tweak is waiting for approval in New queue. > >> >> http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ > >> >> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/252140 > >> >> > >> >> Is this something MOTU wants included? > >> > > >> > No. > >> > > >> > It looks to me like something that, in addition to proper packaging, > >> > ought to have a thorough functional review before entering the > >> > archive. > >> > >> I am the packager of ubuntu-tweak, can you tell me what's the problem > >> with ubuntu-tweak? > > > > I don't know that there is a problem, but given the invasive nature of > > it's functionality, I think it appropriate for it to be given more of a > > review than just being packaged properly. In Ubuntu's history there > > have been multiple "Tweak" programs and so far they have always proved > > to be more harmful than helpful at the scale the Ubuntu archive > > operates. > > > > This one may be the one that gets it right, but having found that they > > rebrand PPAs that other people maintain as there's on their web site, > > I'm not at all inclined to assume this is all well intentioned. > > you are right. > > this package is active-maintained, and I'll forward your opinion to > the upstream author. I think he'll fix this bug. > > ubuntu-tweak is very useful for me, and it's also has many users. so I > want to push it to Ubuntu and hope it can catch ubuntu 10.10. > > thanks.
I don't have a lot of time for a detailed review. A quick look shows that this can enable quite a number of untrusted repositories. My recollection is that we although Envy was initially accepted doing something similar it was required to be fixed to not do this. I don't think a package that adds untrusted repositories is suitable. It would be good if someone else could do a more thorough review. Scott K -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
