From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 14:34:45 +0000 Message-ID: <871qrh2hh6.fsf@posteo.net> References: <164484721900.31751.1453162457552427931@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20220214140020.04438C00891@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <87bkqmqpvb.fsf@posteo.net> <871qris3xb.fsf@gnus.org> <877d1aqoc1.fsf@posteo.net> <87edvhqdrb.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4511"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 09 16:35:54 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ohXPE-0000yq-Tw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2022 16:35:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58742 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ohXPD-0004r0-Oq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:35:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49676) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ohXON-00045H-6o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:34:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:50343) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ohXOL-0007Fj-B8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26ACD240027 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 16:34:53 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1665326094; bh=cLR8QAoD0SmuKfsb9AEtgujEsKvq9cx9SoEJAbGocUQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=gaFcReTk2Lb29yFRAvePVbd4ukRk2gZkQAMypU4yLu7aA8FQVqOw+pqQTY+8Iatg8 GRd7k+3VdEjIoEdEDT/iAbG/Xj+a8rEWap3No9AXSAlEah1LZyz9onk8DihQUpOZp+ n8qC3cm+j7NGor5moWMnZApiyXeKRtWYeTnrC4hnu7wflrw33pOcrSXc3JUR1h8abk UHBXUgC8BV8XqxiVJBNVu/3BglCrIYQPbXVCDro+kxN0FQPmPYGnN8FgvltZ7F+oYz GVzwJ9fGLobcmvzMi+o+bgdgwrbTH/DrFZ8C34XrFHR2QSp8Nhw59HEOWyuNyZTRAJ re+Ii1VFARxWQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4Mll1m5mCwz6tpd; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 16:34:52 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87edvhqdrb.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 09 Oct 2022 16:21:12 +0200") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:297273 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Philip Kaludercic writes: > >> It seems to me that fetching a package from source is no more dangerous >> than fetching a tarball, seeing as the tarball is automatically >> generated from the repository. > > It doesn't matter much whether it's a tar ball or a git repo (although > there is signing of the tar balls), but whether there's any oversight at > all or not. All commits to Non/GNU ELPA end up on a mailing list, which > provides a smidgen of transparency, which is better than none. OK, in that case my proposal shouldn't be any more dangerous than what is already going on.