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Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number?
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el? |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:36:02 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>> (Stefan, for example, your emails are tagged with "Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)
>>> Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)"). Has there been complaints about Gnus
>>> doing that?
>> I never liked it, but admittedly, I never complained about it.
> May I ask why you do not like this behaviour? What stands against it?
That's just a leak of private information.
Of course, when compared to the crapload of private info most systems
send out at any opportunity nowadays, this is very minor, obviously.
Stefan
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2016/03/24
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/03/24
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/03/24
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Steve Purcell, 2016/03/24