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: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el? Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:42:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <56F42269.10400@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1458852183 9803 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2016 20:43:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:43:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 24 21:42:53 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 1ajC5k-00085V-VY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:42:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajC5k-0003gZ-1Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:42:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57913) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajC5T-0003fk-8S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:42:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajC5Q-00076l-2E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:42:35 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:53874) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajC5P-00075Z-Rx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:42:31 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=stories) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ajC5G-0000fi-DC; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:42:24 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAD1BMVEXublvcMSP+RTf3VEP8 TTzbt3PmAAACX0lEQVQ4jXVT7a3kIAz0hRSQZLeAZHABLKaALLj/mm6c5N2Pkx4SKwUvng8Psv6y ZJFf1u+FmlLxJGU3O5dhbS8yFRbWqm4YMO3QN4CXWx1msmxqFeo8dsArYAnKwtpMZjul9VM6igAl YZSZhfNofr478gvduT85l1SJwQ5Q/CxCYUiCrKUhp75mw5rTsQ07NpPKgqRA8JMfF4IgW64q68rD jQik2l+xtYihEwP/rSG8RPBNSTNz7wnbyW2FTUl3UEc7C3WUzi5BiQhJ1j5W97yp5wfBBvxLVuQd ZvxsL63mhqBLHVKPnSgn6ZpMsAbStdRCw1lqL4UHqWtKcOpwzRsQKHjBUbf20U4dtz3sTlOg7J6p zKNABOzRLGxPuDd12PDaz731snfYDky8OTVZfRw3gm5sSMeODf0g3cah2nHkgSP4a9swaphI0jfC ZXlMPFAe2zVQOPQCtB0aKLISgd1V6TJpAe/Rv9o8bLd+acgyTYFiLZu1Rwc1aKETj44hV4FBKS9n LLtW6vhk758aljyG8GKLSB7d8e2ytAthHUUqh4vR4n8KWYx2C4c5N+p43KKNsqzdbWNNvuhLw4cD pu2I+PQBpmDaAiwCWjHbBU4dkdb8INAjv3UUp7aZjuHRQ5SJBV272nLgis/S9E8mCm4d1zj527WZ t8TBV1nieRByv6mqNTfzoGv3AzuLNcaHxWFpvnSQzgIOlgkJDf90NJx14nsOY+jSFZ7ZIj5K+/Rq yJT480ZoIvKk2Hf3iE8x74RHIytOtvYL4U3PF86CWWV86Fu85k6Emk1n9xGa+l/ibqHMw6QJzAAA AABJRU5ErkJggg== In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:03:21 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:202196 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> (Stefan, for example, your emails are tagged with "Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) >> Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)"). Has there been complaints about Gnus >> doing that? > > I never liked it, but admittedly, I never complained about it. Well, in emails you also have the From header (etc), so the added privacy of not having a User-Agent string is pretty slim. When talking to web servers, things are very different. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no