From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#35551: guix search Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 01:41:31 +0200 Message-ID: <877eaxzxlg.fsf@nckx> References: <1666426.mZ6LCf6Yd0@omega> <8736lmypsm.fsf@gnu.org> <87sgtm0xuw.fsf@netris.org> <1724203.DhVHnQV9by@omega> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38675) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPF9U-0001FQ-2Z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 May 2019 19:42:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPF9Q-0007zL-4M for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 May 2019 19:42:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPF9O-0007xz-5B for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 May 2019 19:42:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hPF9N-0008OL-Td for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 May 2019 19:42:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <1724203.DhVHnQV9by@omega> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Bruno Haible Cc: 35551-done@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bruno Haible wrote: > Mark H Weaver wrote: >> If we add functionality that calls out to the network in=20 >> response to a >> package search, e.g. to query popularity ratings or package=20 >> file >> listings, we should make sure the user knows it's happening,=20 >> and provide >> a way to disable it. Some users may not want information about=20 >> their >> package searches to be leaked to the outside world. > > Good point. > > Would it be more acceptable, upon 'guix search', to download an=20 > incremental > update of a package popularity database, and do the search=20 > locally? This > way, only the fact that the user has been doing a 'guix search'=20 > would be > leaked to the outside world, not the search term. I don't think Mark intended to present it as a good idea at all=E2=80=A6=20 ;-) Popularity is irrelevant to search relevance. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXNYMKwAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eTMAAQCmVb6wR9S41HLvmAdQjFPefjmEotyPA8C/P98mkOYj3AEArqpzVHpA/ne1 iT0kg1jAAcOL754Ju8J0cfgPUuYsOQ0= =LSLN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--