On Nov 13, 2007 7:07 AM, David Timms <dtimms(a)iinet.net.au> wrote:
Andrew Parker wrote:
> repositories (a la yum) for the database. then files that couldn't be
> opened by fedora rpms could be provided by other "repos".
This would open fedora to all types of security problems because the
fedoraproject is not able to control/vet/modify external repos - and
hence this capability is specifically disallowed in the fedora packaging
process.
Having the current setup where a user goes to a web site, installs a
x-release rpm, and then needs to accepting import of the repo's signing
key means that it is the user who needs to decide whether they can trust
repo x {which could do _anything_ on their machine}.
Sorry if I wrote was misleading, I intended it to work the same as yum
repos. i.e. as you say the user has to specifically add third party
repos themseleves.