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Bug 738825 - [RFE] Add warning if user tries to use unstable repositories
[RFE] Add warning if user tries to use unstable repositories
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
3.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-10-19 18:58 UTC by Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD)
Modified: 2016-02-23 09:27 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.13/3.14



Description Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD) 2014-10-19 18:58:39 UTC
gnome-software-3.14.1-1.fc21.x86_64


Since gnome-software targets end users, I've been wondering if it should let them use unstable repositories for updates, like updates-testing. Of course, some of them may know what they're doing, but in general, it'll be nice to warn an unassuming user that they have an unstable repository which *could* possibly break their system and require debugging - that these repositories are for *testing* only. A warning on the lines of:

"Nope matey! If you wanna test stuff, use yum/dnf!" - if we don't want people using g-s for anything other than stable repos, or at least a warning that says "Woah! Are you sure? This stuff isn't tested - it might break and you'll need to be able to debug it!" - would be nice.

Richard suggested I file a bug for ui-review:
[1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2014-October/123264.html
Comment 1 Allan Day 2015-05-12 14:05:00 UTC
How does someone enable one of these unstable repositories?