ubuntu-tweak in new

[LI Daobing]

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 22:59, Reinhard Tartler <siretart at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:15:55 (EDT), LI Daobing wrote:
>
>> ubuntu-tweak does not add any ppa to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ by
>> default. this only happens when user ask it do.
>>
>> the add-apt-repository command in python-software-properties package
>> also can add ppa to sources.list, so I don't think ubuntu will reject
>> software like this.
>
> The difference is that add-apt-repository is that solves the technical
> problem of enabling PPAs. This is fine for ubuntu.
>
> ubuntu-tweak however enables *specific* PPAs that are important to you,
> but we fear that they have substandard quality packages (otherwise they
> would be in the main archive, no?). This makes our users think that we
> somehow endorse these PPAs.

ubuntu-tweak have provided a warning[1] when you enter "source center".

[1] "It is a possible security risk to use packages from Third-Party Sources.
Please be careful and use only sources you trust."

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Best Regards
LI Daobing