#6432 NORM Never A: Autoinstallation of RPMs

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#6432: Autoinstallation of RPMs
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  Reporter:  cscott  |       Owner:  cscott        
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  distro  |     Version:                
Resolution:          |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:                
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Changes (by cscott):

 * cc: bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu (added)


Comment:

 In mail to devel@ I've proposed limiting this mechanism to machines with
 dev keys installed, in order to manage the deployment risk I mentioned in
 the bug summary above.

 Michael has implemented a first draft of this mechanism as a patch to
 olpc-configure.  The draft does not consult external devices, and does not
 check a dev key:
    http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011554.html

 Benjamin M. Schwartz had further comments about Bitfrost P_SF_RUN
 incompatibilities:
    http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011583.html

 which I believe would also be addressed by the dev key limitation, if one
 assumes that a dev key effectively turns off Bitfrost.  Other mechanisms
 to address the specific needs of developers may  be more appropriate.

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