[Python-Dev] PEP 385: Auditing

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Feb 14 19:47:20 CET 2010


Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:
> 
> Georg Brandl wrote:
> > Am 13.02.2010 13:19, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> >> Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:
> >>> Alterntively, the email notification sent to python-checkins could 
could
> >>> report who the pusher was.
> >> This sounds reasonable, assuming it doesn't disclose any private 
information.
> > 
> > How could it disclose more than the SVN hook does today (i.e. who is 
working
> > on the repo right now)?
> 
> It could reveal email addresses, for example, which in turn would
> attract spammers. However, I assume that Antoine was bringing up privacy
> just as a general concern, and didn't really expect any specific issue.

That's right. Thanks for de-obfuscating me :)

Regards

Antoine.



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