So that means that server application developers without the firewall configuration tool would have to either use the command line or even completely disable the firewall in order to develop networked services that use privileged ports, right?
And that would in my humble opinion be a really bad user experience for server application developers trying to use Fedora Workstation.
Searching for a firewall configuration tool and the need to install it over the network would not be a good user experience in my opinion. Additionally it would not be possible for the user to configure the firewall with a graphical configuration tool according to the security requirements of the environment before going on line.
To have a system without being able to configure it before actively searching for configuration tools is hopefully not the goal.
Would you mind if we continue this discussion on fedora-devel as I strongly believe that the broader community should give more input to this decision.