From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] trunk r113773: Gnus: delete temporary files when Gnus exits instead of using timers Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:20:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376313695 304 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2013 13:21:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Katsumi Yamaoka Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 12 15:21:37 2013 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 1V8s40-0005H8-Ry for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:21:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37961 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8s40-00020I-F3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60568) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8s3b-0001Zm-4F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8s3V-0006nN-9X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:21:11 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:59868) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8s3V-0006n9-0j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:21:05 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1V8s3H-0002lp-Dg; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:20:51 +0200 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEVOOVAzITjHurJFL3BC K2hDLW+AZVoTCQmlvZudAAACUUlEQVQ4jW2UMW/jMAyFZR8gr1Kak9aEg25toLrzBXVvL1ztlgZ6 tXI48+8fZTtNWpSIA9mfH/lEgRb+FiG04Rpe3IF2A2/70H8Ba3Sh+3kH2v6a5u1d30DvP9KH9/3+ A4Sv8QHae0v3oPftt8D3/feKtr+Vbzfw5MvPh3Xn/MayHy+ezq1/Owe+2xSrsgDbab1f6gQ20LaL eQad7vbnbm0JX1uuT73yCyh/pYltx/Gygu6lLN75wasXJ+LQNQA4oYUBGHSV6R+nUgyyQXAoqmoC EGLQ9ODFsxhZYWpwaYhWAWiOAnxlWVIxwBStdMi32f714tHYzMtdgpQOXGooNYmBj7qsjEMETM7F K3gUKi/GooEEAxznYVMImadSRsycDdJhOm4KU+dppEyYE6IDR3YDNUy8mqjOlzSgc7kiKq6eEsyW ss6JMB3YATteFAwuNhtjpUIAzgY3sGsmw9s0yXHHBq5PtrSEwaiMIFv2wQBxyAWc5mFWzWyicSto pNUl1YmUlIgCY2UkLIpG59JEu0NuioCDkVwdkEEu3T3RxTTEVt2MRcHquLg6mVqOgkztMltlrw75 BEuvEsijbWh3nNKwgriAZ1a7OGb4NePIwDm2uwHjhkgw6hWwQ7UBhSJS3eTYJE5lpLoqLqgipZyr kc8DDQs2sBv0mJuJAUQpFZvaQB1pzFHmpkGdld3O/BlcPVJDk8uWuOHTFTziuBtJ01wAHx4rdG4e yhh0f/g6P3jVKaH3v7UWQvz4NAbhNZTxXePukxG6bh21L8BvIJQB9v4//Q0mvfqKHrEAAAAASUVO RK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: The Slits's _Cut_: "Spend, Spend, Spend" X-Hashcash: 1:23:130812:yamaoka@jpl.org::oHpfmOWnT6yMd/qo:00MBb5 X-Hashcash: 1:23:130812:emacs-devel@gnu.org::UOT//VF5FHZ2RCip:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000HKhS X-Hashcash: 1:23:130812:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca::juYApeDFRj/37NXz:0000000000000000000000000000000000000XsI5 In-Reply-To: (Katsumi Yamaoka's message of "Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:03:24 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1V8s3H-0002lp-Dg MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1376918452.26971@XwkVjYotngpERopHB6pX9g X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:162609 Archived-At: Katsumi Yamaoka writes: >> Yes. Having the files in /tmp linger for a "long time" is not what >> users expect, I think, and may lead to privacy problems. > > Yes, we should think much of privacy. A better way would be to > set $TMPDIR, $TEMP, $TMP, and so forth to someting like "~/tmp". I think putting things in /tmp (under a subdirectory) is fine in general. There isn't much information leakage there -- the subdirectories are created readable by the user only. However, if these files linger on for months, then they may be picked up by backup systems and the like, and that may not be what the user expects. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) No Gnus T-Shirt for sale: http://ingebrigtsen.no/no.php and http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2013/08/twenty-years-of-september.html