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Re: Bug#405997: should executables be permitted to update themselves?



On 1/14/07, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
...
        If azereus is going out and adding things to the users home
 dir without the users knowledge, that would be one thing. But in this
 case the users has initiated the action -- and trying to save the
 user from themselves is not only a lost cause, it is wrong headed:
 we do not remove the -rf options from rm; and nor should we dumb down
 application so users may not do dangerous things if they so desire.

Well said, Manoj. That's exactly the point I was trying to get across,
but hadn't put it so succinctly.

Cheers,
Shaun



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