On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 10:16 +0100, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > On su, 2008-02-24 at 16:43 -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote: > >> * The package/software SHOULD offer a way to disable the 'phoning home' > >> code > >> if it contains such kind of 'feature'. > > > > Speaking as a human being, I would suggest that Debian policy should be > > that all "phoning home" MUST be enabled explicitly, and MUST be turned > > off by default. > > No, I prefer the SHOULD form, because it permit the > right thing to be done, giving the debian developer > the freedom (and burden) to check what it is bad, and > what it is acceptable.
The developer *already* has the freedom. No policy change is necessary for that. What we had here was a developer who thought that upstream had some kind of right to not have a change made unless there was a "clear policy". And that kind of thinking is destructive. > Think about: > apt > ntpdate > clamav-freshclam > dcc-client > icewasel > popularity-contest > and IIRC bind will check the root zone. Except popularity contest, I'm pretty sure none of this are actually "phone home" cases. ntpdate must contact servers *in order to do its job*, likewise for apt. This is not true for the case we are talking about. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]