Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:44:19 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] The current csup sources Message-ID: <20070531144419.pihgiulhc44kc484@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <BAY128-F24CB2D178B39824911471FC32D0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY128-F24CB2D178B39824911471FC32D0@phx.gbl>
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Quoting Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman@hotmail.com> (from Thu, 31 May =20 2007 16:50:19 +0530): > Hi, > > I think, the manpage /usr/src/contrib/csup/csup.1 is dated and, or have > not been updated per current csup sources. > > Plz find enclosed herewith 2 tiny patches for the same and apply, if > appropriate. I don't think the s:sup:csup: is ok. I think it is supposed to be =20 compatible with cvsup. For the /var/db part it might be ok. > I'm sorry, I shall not send any PR to the Gnats/FreeBSD PR system, > because it is insecure and, or does not obfuscates mail addresses of > the users and hence encourages spammers. How is the "not obfuscates mail addresses" different from a mail to =20 this list? Replacing <empty>at<empty> (in our archives) with an at =20 symbol is not rocket science and any mail address harvester which does =20 not do this is not worth the use (let alone other mailinglist archives =20 which don't obfuscate the addresses but archive our public lists). =20 Additionally a spammer just needs to subscribe to this ML and he gets =20 a lot of addresses which work without much effort, so the common =20 knowledge is, that it is not worth to obfuscate the mail address in =20 GNATS (the PR is also send to a mailinglist, so it is available in =20 multiple ways you don't have control of). What do you mean by insecure? Bye, Alexander. --=20 Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. =09=09-- William Shakespeare http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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