From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Add a pastebin client to the next guixsd image release Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:03:13 +0000 Message-ID: <87bmwqk58u.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> References: <87mvgby2yr.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> <87wpfezq7d.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49436) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cDr3Q-00076R-VR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2016 06:03:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cDr3K-0000zO-O7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2016 06:03:29 -0500 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:59622) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cDr3K-0000z7-H8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2016 06:03:22 -0500 Received: from [10.9.9.210] (helo=mailfront10.runbox.com) by bars.runbox.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cDr3I-0007cE-5D for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:03:20 +0100 Received: from 62-210-37-82.rev.poneytelecom.eu ([62.210.37.82] helo=localhost) by mailfront10.runbox.com with esmtpsa (uid:892961 ) (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) id 1cDr3D-0004Jz-6p for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:03:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87wpfezq7d.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Alex Kost writes: > ng0 (2016-12-04 18:16 +0000) wrote: > >> I think the next release image for GuixSD should include >> wgetpaste as a tool. This would make it possible for people who >> are stuck in the image and who are doing the installation, to >> paste the config.scm or any other command output. > > I agree: some *simple* paste tool would be good in the system image for > such cases. > >> Are there any security concerns, or is this something we can do? >> If the majority should be against it, another option I can think >> of is that we add it to the documentation as a general suggestion >> to search for "pastebin" with "guix package -s pastebin" and >> install one of the available pastebin clients (there'll be more >> than one at some point). > > I would avoid the word "pastebin", as it's just one of the paste > websites (and not the friendliest for the Tor users). > > -- > Alex > Then we should change the description of wgetpaste, as this is the only keyword which limits result for paste to those associated with what we understand as uploading a paste somewhere. The second package, still on hold for some months now because of some bug with curl, requires curl. wgetpaste requires wget and is functional now, which is why I suggested it (and maybe add the lisp upload web service to the default sites?). -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 | ng0.chaosnet.org