Tres Seaver wrote:
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Paul Moore wrote:
2009/3/13 Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk>:
If a decent package management system *was* included, this wouldn't be an
issue..
Remember that a "decent package management system" needs to handle
filling in all the forms and arranging approvals to get authorisation
for packages when you download them.
And no, I'm *not* joking. People in a locked-down corporate
environment really do benefit from just having to get the OK for
"Python", and then knowing that they have all they need.
You are plainly joking: nothing in Python should know or care about the
various bureaucratic insanities in some workplaces. Given the
*existing* stdlib and network connectivity, nothing any corporate
security blackshirt can do will prevent an even moderately-motivated
person from executing arbitrary code downloaded from elsewhere. In that
case, what is the point in trying to help those who impose such craziness?
I (and most people, I presume) would not run arbitrary program
downloaded from somewhere else on a corporate server that holds many
important customer data even when there is no technical or even
bureaucratic restriction, maybe I will sneak around on a workstation but
definitely not on the server especially if I love my job and want to
keep it (I'm a student though so that applies to me in the future).
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