this is another question better to me... this is an openmoko opkg system issue XD
2008/8/24 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm not talking about the design, but the purpose, maybe you could shift > its design into a more benefic one? > > Encoraging users, specially the less savvy ones, to install software > like that is a danger and the reason why Apple's decision is both bad > and right at the same time. > > The main problem with Apple's decision to only run cryptographically > signed software, is that you don't own the keys, Apple does. So they > control what you can install. > > I urge that opkg be modified in order to install packages only if > they're signed, and that it takes excrutiantingly painful paths in order > to install something without a signature (if you want an example, > Firefox's excellent new Bad Certificate warning, many hate it because > they find it a hinderance to read and learn, but they made the right > decision). > > Rui > > -- > Wibble. > Today is Sweetmorn, the 17th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3174 > + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown > + Whatever you do will be insignificant, > | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi > + So let's do it...? > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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