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Fedora 12 Package Installation Policy Tightened

Posted by kdawson on from the tougher-by-default dept.

AdamWill writes "After the controversy over Fedora 12's controversial package installation authentication policy, including our discussion this week, the package maintainers have agreed that the controversial policy will be tightened to require root authentication for trusted package installation. Please see the official announcement and the development mailing list post for more details."

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  1. Even more controversial is the.... by gatkinso · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ....photo on www.fedora.org.

    Poor little weiner dog.

    I used to like to go there to see the odd pics, but haven't been in a while.

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