[Bug 798249] New: Incomplete Warning Message
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249#c0 Summary: Incomplete Warning Message Classification: Internal Novell Products Product: openSUSE Build Service Version: 2.0 Platform: 64bit OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: General AssignedTo: adrian@suse.com ReportedBy: michalng@gmail.com QAContact: adrian@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 Iceweasel/18.0 After installing openSUSE 12.2, was looking for packages not included in the official packages, eg keepassx, fluxbox, etc. Searching for the package through openSUSE's website (http://software.opensuse.org/search), available packages will be shown. Upon selecting "Show unstable packages", a WARNING message is shown as below: "Please be aware that the following packages are from unofficial repositories. That means they are not reviewed by openSUSE and may contain unstable or experimental software." There is no message to inform the user of the security status of the repositories. Are they official - security wise? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Goto http://software.opensuse.org/search 2. Key in any package e.g. keepassx,fluxbox, clamtk, 3. Click on "Show unstable packages". Actual Results: WARNING message is shown as below: "Please be aware that the following packages are from unofficial repositories. That means they are not reviewed by openSUSE and may contain unstable or experimental software." Expected Results: WARNING message also indicate if the repositories are secure so that user understand the security implications, if any. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249#c1 --- Comment #1 from Michal ng <michalng@gmail.com> 2013-02-01 12:45:56 UTC --- Any comments on the security status of these repositories? Are they considered secure or "use at your own risk"? Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249#c2 --- Comment #2 from Michal ng <michalng@gmail.com> 2013-02-14 11:35:22 UTC --- Hi Adrian, care to comment? if you do not think that this is a bug, the least you can closed this report saying it's not applicable or something like that. Cheers -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249#c3 Adrian Schröter <adrian@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #3 from Adrian Schröter <adrian@suse.com> 2013-02-14 12:13:52 UTC --- Security can not be answered that easily. A quite complex system was supposed to support the user here, but we have no resources for that atm. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798249#c4 --- Comment #4 from Adrian Schröter <adrian@suse.com> 2013-02-14 12:18:04 UTC --- Please do not abuse bugzilla as support tool please. Mailinglists do scale way better here. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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