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On Tue, 10 Jul 2012, Khem Raj wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Robert P. J. Day
> <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >
> >   my opinion, which is mine, is to add a script someone can run that
> > tells them what appears to be safe to override from their current
> > distro.  that way, it's entirely optional and the developer deals with
> > the output at their own risk.
>
> who determines the safeness ? thats what double QA RP mentioned is

  there's no *guarantee* of safeness, just an advisory based on
nothing more than the version number.  user makes their own decision
and, if it breaks, they get to keep all the pieces.

rday

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