Re: Debian privacy policy
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Ole Streicher wrote:
> a reference that Debian prefers strong privacy
AFAICT we don't have an official statement about this, but:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/02/msg00060.html
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/d4a73d08dbd2cf670b3aedf63c175641@linuxpenguins.xyz
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/580dac7dc7ed92becf29b6fb93b354d8@linuxpenguins.xyz
https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/vote_004
Policy says:
For packages in the main archive, no required [debian/rules] targets
may attempt network access.
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules
My personal opinion is that Debian policy should be:
Debian packages must respect sysadmin and user privacy and encourage
sysadmins and users to respect the privacy of everyone. So, disabled
by default, informed consent and don't manipulate people into
destroying their privacy with click-through stuff. Some discussion of
click-through culture is in the recent episode of FaiF:
http://faif.us/cast/2016/nov/01/0x5E/
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