Re: [gentoo-dev] how to handle sensitive files when generating binary packages

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:38:22 -0400
Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> > > > The specific underlying question being, what are the use cases
> > > > for binary packages?
> > >
> > > the use of the binpkg is not an issue, it's the creation ...
> > > people blindly creating tbz2's which could contain their
> > > sensitive files and posting them
> >
> > Use cases include all aspects of use, including creation.
>
> extended analysis on the use cases is irrelevant in the scope of this
> thread

No it isn't. You're talking about making a change, but you haven't
established that you're changing the right thing or that the scope of
your change is optimal. There's a good chance in this case that the
problem you're attempting to solve is better solved by a change in a
slightly different area.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh