Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start
On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:42 AM Robie Basak wrote:
> I file serious bugs when I discover this kind of behaviour in Debian
> packages. I've come across this only twice, but I've never spent time
> actually looking, so perhaps there are many more?
I expect there are quite a few more, some listed on the wiki:
https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues
> I was unable to find anything in policy either, but I take the position
> that, if asked, Debian developers are likely to take a similar position,
> and it has just never come up because maintainers haven't (as far as I'm
> aware) objected to treating this behaviour as a serious bug. Has any
> maintainer specifically objected?
Please document objections on the wiki page if you see them.
> Here are mine:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778947
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=935042
I have added these to the privacy usertag:
$ bts user debian-devel@lists.debian.org , usertags 778947 + privacy
$ bts user debian-devel@lists.debian.org , usertags 935042 + privacy
https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues#Reports
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pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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