> On 3 May 2016, at 21:06, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
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>> On 05/03/2016 11:42 AM, Dave Page wrote:
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>>>> On 3 May 2016, at 17:31, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
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>>>> On 05/03/2016 02:00 AM, Dave Page wrote:
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>>>> In general though, I do not feel it's appropriate to list these
>>>> packages at all, given that they make silent outbound HTTP calls
>>>> during installation, without the user being made aware of that or
>>>> being given any option to object. That could easily be considered a
>>>> privacy issue by people, one that may come back to bite us for hosting
>>>> the downloads on our primary listing.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that it is not in fact silent and that the page says what it is doing?
>>
>> Perhaps you should try it? It was obvious you hadn't the last time you made various assertions about the
distributionin comparison to EDBs.
>
> My comment was directed at David, not at you. I was told it acted differently than what you said it did. I was trying
tomake sure that all conversations were happening in the open.
Your quote attribution would indicate otherwise.
>
>>
>> Uninformed comments don't help anyone here.
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>
> Agreed, so please get your facts straight before you assume that I was acting in bad faith.
Perhaps you could indicate what facts I haven't got straight, as I'm unaware of anything I've got wrong.
Thanks.