[tex-live] GPG message using tlpretest on OSX

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 01:45:49 CEST 2016


2016-04-18 23:36 GMT+02:00 Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi at alice.it>:

>
>
> Il 18/04/2016 22:59, Reinhard Kotucha ha scritto:
>
>> On 2016-04-18 at 21:57:04 +0200, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>>
>>   > Norbert Preining wrote:
>>   > > Are you ready to defend TUG in front of an US court? If not, please
>>   > > stop bothering us.
>>   >
>>   > I am afraid bothering you, but this is one more reason to remove this
>>   > from TL2016...
>>
>> No, this can never be a reason.
>>
>> And even if you can convince Norbert to add an option which allows to
>> control this behavior, everything which enhances security has to be
>> turned on by default.  Always.
>>
>> It seems that you prefer convenience to security.  Not a good idea,
>>
>
> No, I don't prefer convenience but you are changing the policy of TL.
>

I do not see any change. TL _NEVER_ had a policy to include anything that
cannot be included legally.

>
> It was to make TL as much as possible self-contained adding programs it
> needs in the distribution. Only rarely you allowed that someone of those
> program were already installed on the OS..
>
> Now, you not only do not add the program (for any noble reason that you
> want) but also allow for it to not be installed or not available from the
> OS. It is the first time I "hear" this kind of argument on this list..
>
> If you want add that, it should be off by default. Then you can say:
>
>  Dear user, have you installed gpg? May you install it? yes? do you want
> to check for security? yes? then enable it with:
>
> tlmgr option gpg 1
>
>
> What is the logic of installing something that then, perhaps, you can not
> use?
>

What are you going to do with PDF files? TL never contained any PDF viewer.

>
> This is my opinion.
>
> Do you like that? DO that, but it is only a security illusion..
>

Illusion for you, not for people who take security seriously and know how
to do this. Explain it to the governments of USA and France.

>
>
>  Angelo
>



Zdeněk Wagner
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