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From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: 43851-done@debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#43851: [PATCH] gnu: sudo: Depend on python-minimal instead of python.
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:48:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d01rrxix.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87imbjz148.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Fri, 09 Oct 2020 20:48:55 +0200")

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:

Hello!

> Maxim Cournoyer 写道：
>> If we don't have any use for it, I think it may be better to let the
>> dependency go altogether, to keep sudo as small and secure as
>> possible.
>
> I don't think sudo is either, nor does the presence of Python affect
> that meaningfully.  But let's stop this pointless discussion since
> removing it helps the Hurd progress.  That's enough.
>
> The Hurd is a lot more exciting than the removal of sudo Python
> support -- and actually *will* improve security!

Thanks all, I've removed the python dependency from sudo; pushed to
master as 165e0918da54643bfaf9a6cb6b866f8692e9f8f9.

Greetings,
Janneke

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-09 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-07 17:04 [bug#43851] [PATCH] gnu: sudo: Depend on python-minimal instead of python Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-10-07 21:18 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2020-10-09 17:18   ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-10-09 18:15   ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-10-09 18:48     ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2020-10-09 19:26       ` zimoun
2020-10-09 19:44         ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2020-10-09 19:53           ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-10-09 19:48       ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen [this message]
2020-10-08  7:03 ` Danny Milosavljevic

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