[CentOS-devel] Installonlyn plugin for yum

[Karanbir Singh]

Milan Keršláger wrote:
>>>> I guess that we could split it out and make it a standalone package.
>>> Or better follow Fedora Core and put it into the yum package.
>> we could pull it into the main package, but it would need to stay
>> disabled - its too major a change in functionality to throw at people
>> midway during the release.
> 
> It is not needed. Updates brings change in functionality every time are
> released (even from upstream).
> 
> This is security enhancement also. Imagine that system boot with older
> kernel by mistake - this open the door for script kiddies (or hackers).

you have a valid point in that its a new point release, and its ok to
add functionality this way, BUT the issue is that there are admins out
there who would rely on having a stable distro - where functionality to
automatically start removing stuff does not get introduced midway.

And that is where my issue is - I dont want to introduce something
middway that will start removing packages automatically.

> 
> So put it in and don't ask. Only write about it in the release info.
> 

we can mention the availability of this plugin in the release notes,
would you like to do a small writeup of maybe 1 paragraph on this ? we
can then include that into the release notes perhaps ?

If the other centos developers agree, I see no harm in adding some info
about the existance of this plugin and what it would achieve.

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