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[Ed Hill]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:26:38 -0400 Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:39:50PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > You want a technical solution to a socio-political problem.
> > 
> > They historically don't work. For evidence of these see Bruce
> > Schneiers website. :)
> 
> They work very well providing they exist to persuade people and guide
> them not to enforce [1]. It isn't enforcement we need but guidance
> 
> There is a very good case for
> 
> "Package [foo] from 'unimploded-wombats-repository' wishes to replace
> glibc in your base system. This may lead to future update or
> incompatibility problems. Are you sure Y/N"


Yes!

And perhaps add a URL to a page containing a more in-depth explanation.

The aspect that many people (esp. Seth Vidal) seem to be overlooking is
the opportunity to *help* people understand what's happening.  And what
the implications are and why.

People can learn from experience.  And people can make more informed
judgements when the information is at hand.

Ed

-- 
Edward H. Hill III, PhD  |  ed at eh3.com  |  http://eh3.com/
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