severity 526854 wishlist tags 526854 wontfix thanks Fredrik Tolf wrote: > Package: hal > Version: 0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 > Severity: important > > > I think that it is a bad thing that HAL started depending on PolicyKit in the > latest versions. PolicyKit introduces a whole new, parallel security system, > and it does not seem to be well-known how it works or how to properly > administer it (I, for one, certainly don't know how it works, at least). > > Therefore, it may introduce security holes unknown to the maintainer of some > systems. In particular seeing how HAL is required by so many things (GNOME and > KDE, for example), it may even install PolicyKit without the administrator > knowing about it (installing GNOME or KDE pulls in so many other packages > anyway that it might be hard to spot PolicyKit among them; I almost missed it > in the latest dist-upgrade). > > I have not researched it in detail yet, so I don't really know if it's a good
So you are basing your request on FUD? Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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