Hi,
Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
> Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> skribis:
>
>>> For that we’d need to resort to an external service providing this info.
>>
>> Why would it need to be an external service? Can't you incorporate
>> this information in a data file that you ship as part of the
>> distribution?
>
> Such a file would quickly become stale, it’d have to be updated from an
> external service anyway.
If we add functionality that calls out to the network in response to a
package search, e.g. to query popularity ratings or package file
listings, we should make sure the user knows it's happening, and provide
a way to disable it. Some users may not want information about their
package searches to be leaked to the outside world.
Thanks,
Mark
