From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el? Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <56F42269.10400@gmail.com> <570AB943.4060604@gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1460415724 3607 80.91.229.3 (11 Apr 2016 23:02:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 23:02:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: vibhavp@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Pit--Claudel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 12 01:01:55 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1apkqB-0002jr-1H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 01:01:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36177 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apkqA-0007nJ-85 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43982) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apkq6-0007jk-Dp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apkq5-0005I7-LF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:50 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apkq3-0005Gi-3J; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1apkq2-0003Sd-C3; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:01:46 -0400 In-reply-to: <570AB943.4060604@gmail.com> (message from =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9?= =?utf-8?Q?ment?= Pit--Claudel on Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:36:19 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:202852 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Similarly, package retrieval and web browsing are different > activities and raise different issues; hence my question about the > specific case of package.el. You're right. I'm sorry I had not noticed that distinction. > Richard, are you familiar with the url-privacy-level variable? No. Looking at it just now, I think the current default does not protect privacy enough. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.