Mark H Weaver wrote: > 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.
Good point. Would it be more acceptable, upon 'guix search', to download an incremental update of a package popularity database, and do the search locally? This way, only the fact that the user has been doing a 'guix search' would be leaked to the outside world, not the search term. Bruno
