On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:38:22 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > The specific underlying question being, what are the use cases > > > > for binary packages? > > > > > > the use of the binpkg is not an issue, it's the creation ... > > > people blindly creating tbz2's which could contain their > > > sensitive files and posting them > > > > Use cases include all aspects of use, including creation. > > extended analysis on the use cases is irrelevant in the scope of this > thread No it isn't. You're talking about making a change, but you haven't established that you're changing the right thing or that the scope of your change is optimal. There's a good chance in this case that the problem you're attempting to solve is better solved by a change in a slightly different area. -- Ciaran McCreesh