Building Safety Into Our Work

[Octavian Damiean]

On 2011-05-20 23:05, Anthony Papillion wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Mike Basinger<mike.basinger at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
>> We have enough sites inside/outside of Ubuntu that say "hey install this
>> deb/ppa/file" it awesome and then 10 minute later the person has an
>> usable system.
> For some reason a lot of people seem to believe that installing a deb
> or ppa is automagically safe. The idea that it could be malware or
> render their system non-functional never enters their mind. I doubt
> it's an issue that effects most power users but I know it's one that
> newbies struggle with as I've gotten the support calls for it lol.
>
> I don't think we need to make the system idiot proof. If someone is
> hellbent on installing some random deb or ppa then so be it. But we
> need to warn, warn, warn, them what the ramifications of doing so
> might be.
>
> Anthony
>

I don't think that it is even possible to create a fool-proof system. 
The PPA/DEB problem however definitely has to be addressed in the safety 
page.