From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:56:58 +0300 Message-ID: <833785yzit.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87inod1jkj.fsf@andrewrobbins.info> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504360734 9086 195.159.176.226 (2 Sep 2017 13:58:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 13:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25717@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andrew Robbins Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 02 15:58:38 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do8wD-0000iY-Qj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:58:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50417 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do8wK-00079L-T8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:57:11 -0400 In-reply-to: <87inod1jkj.fsf@andrewrobbins.info> (message from Andrew Robbins on Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:29:32 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136492 Archived-At: unblock 24655 by 25717 thanks > From: Andrew Robbins > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:29:32 -0500 > > The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a > specific search engine in its name and certainly not a > privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1]. > > I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic > such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url" > and changing the default value from > "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or > similar) at the developers' preference: > > * "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" > * "http://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s" > * "http://www.ixquick.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s" > * "http://search.yacy.net/yacysearch/index.html?query=%s" (requires javascript) > > [1] https://stallman.org/google.html I have nothing against this suggestion, but I see no reason to block the release of Emacs 26.1 due to it, especially since no one is interested in fixing it. Thanks.