On Wed 18 Aug 2021 at 20:42:16 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Wed 18 Aug 2021 at 10:19:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Ma, 17 aug 21, 20:20:40, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > Package: release-notes > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > > > > Please see > > > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-doc/2021/08/msg00077.html > > > > > > Then look at > > > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758316 > > > > > > How abut a bit of consistency? > > > > As I understand it the APT maintainers are just saying it doesn't bring > > much (if any) security or privacy benefit, they don't explicitly > > recommend against it. > > They closed the report. That is sufficient reason to take notice of > their stance. > > > For the Release Notes itself there is however a real benefit in avoiding > > all future bug reports asking to use https:// everywhere ;) > > A reasonable acceptable argument in this context.
For future readers of this report, the bascic issue has been thoroughly discussed in the thread beginning at https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/08/msg00269.html Cheers, Brian.
