From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nicolas Petton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Hotfixing older Emacsen? Was: [ANNOUNCE] Emacs 25.3 released Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:48:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87mv5sh2gz.fsf@petton.fr> References: <87wp55t0un.fsf@petton.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505720972 19484 195.159.176.226 (18 Sep 2017 07:49:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:49:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Pit-Claudel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 18 09:49:27 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1dtqo0-0004ii-SV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:49:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35106 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dtqo6-0002aY-Bj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:49:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59269) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dtqmx-0002OI-Fy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:48:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dtqmw-0001dJ-Hm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from petton.fr ([2a00:5884:8368::1]:53896) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dtqmw-0001XP-88; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:48:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=petton.fr; s=mail; t=1505720893; bh=xXKz/r022pvSPIQkRKn7loUa+z4xxdXm6riDAsOeUs8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=YwrLA8sm6+LNqLkFRPibSMrNKPTDIh7mj1YcQFZzD/gglZizuJmDKyiWn/DvY5mtPKFrhFRpM/mR7tRkEMnt/fj7K9Xny3Cf/zSUXrcX/eKIaNSM0gx2EhdddsnWmd/Jd6zWe/oAEuZxNgrwR9cWJzPAy0Y2bik0jXCjodp7bKQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:5884:8368::1 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:218449 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Richard Stallman writes: > > Crazy though: why don't we hot-patch existing Emacs installations? > > Concretely, that would mean including that fix in a widely used ELPA or MELPA package. Then users would get the fix upon the next update. > > This verges on a universal back door, aka "auto-upgrade" > which is a form of malware normally found in proprietary software. What if the user was asked for a confirmation before upgrading? Would that be a good solution? Cheers, Nico --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEKNO+2FH986tX/vk8IzWHpHwgeRAFAlm/ejwACgkQIzWHpHwg eRBaVwf/UtR7c1mqy1Whef2FmvQWrD1v9dMA1mpWBaxG4FiImLTwg2uuxQcXWnpU I86lFz11EokFqcyEooH/dD6yN2iNToznNSYEIi6s/k3yCzbAoyFGBKzZ9QWbPNSg MrrdSBH9sY20bYdXXZyQ7FO3G+E5AZBZz9cHkagaIbidFy4aQWx+P+/0J++36Vd4 /RaAX8z1cI3J+nfQhmWKHIxr4oZgjYDNzwFhzL15YlxGoO6VQT8Xr6JwSfHQUtFb XSHfJp2g0ONP2szm6gyriuyMARwYU6V6YAa9CbmefqrdSgNpVoQ23aCkCRSQkFk0 QpX3X4kRROAeqv9q7d/gbhc33xWdDQ== =xds2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--