Putting something like selinux, that even many developers think is
overcomplicated black magic, in the main easy-to-use permissions UI
seems like a very poor choice.
I hear this assertion made repeatedly in places like fedora-devel,
without any specific suggestions to back it up.
There are many people working to make this technology better - it
would be nice if we could be told why this is "overcomplicated black
magic," so we can correct the problem. We certainly aim to make
SELinux easier to work, and integration with nautilus is a step in
that direction.
Also, I think "black voodoo magic" is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If
developers treat SELinux that way, then how are the users supposed to
understand it? It's up to us to expose SELinux to the user in a way that
is easy to understand and work with. I'll keep that in mind when
submitting patches to this list. It would be nice if SELinux could gain
more acceptance into mainstream. Hiding it under an "Advanced" tab will
not help accomplish that - it's just another way of saying that we
couldn't figure out a way to organize and present the information.
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