Packages not requested by the user are still visible in the package manager, just not the Add/remove programs window (which has diddly-squat for real usability).
ARP is so damn cluttered anyway, it's not like they'd find an 'evil' package if they tried. As it is, when a (user-requested) package is removed, it will by default uninstall all of the child packages that aren't used elsewhere too. G From: Roberto Carlos González Flores [mailto:iscrobertogonza...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:13 AM To: Garrett Serack Cc: coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] A couple more MSI things... Quote: "Oh, and another... I was thinking we should have a Property that can be passed in on the command line indicating if a package is user-requested or not; if the user has request it, we should show the package in Add/Remove programs." And what happen if the user hasn't requested the package?, I see a security hole on this. Imagine "good packages" installing background "evil packages" without prompting the user... maybe is because I don't have all the information of how this will be work. 2011/2/15 Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com<mailto:garre...@microsoft.com>> After talking with Rob Mensching, I think we can scale back the version of the Windows Installer required (at least for now) to Installer 3.1 ... this should significantly simplify the bootstrapper. Oh, and another... I was thinking we should have a Property that can be passed in on the command line indicating if a package is user-requested or not; if the user has request it, we should show the package in Add/Remove programs. G [Description: Description: fearthecowboy]<http://fearthecowboy.com/> Garrett Serack | Microsoft's Open Source Software Developer | Microsoft Corporation Office:(425)706-7939 email/messenger: garre...@microsoft.com<mailto:garre...@microsoft.com> blog: http://fearthecowboy.com<http://fearthecowboy.com/> twitter: @fearthecowboy<http://twitter.com/fearthecowboy> I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use better on Windows. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net<mailto:coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Carlos
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