Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> writes: > On 23/01/2014 00:05, Paul Wise wrote:
>> I have updated the patch to encourage Debian members to not install >> Steam on their Debian development machines. I think it is reasonable >> for Debian members to install proprietary games on machines they don't >> use for Debian development though. > I do not believe that policy has ever proscribed that a developer must > keep their development machine in one state or another, and I think it's > a bad idea to start doing so. For this reason I much prefer the first > version of the patch you submitted, personally. Agreed. Also, I don't really understand the threat model here. While it's theoretically possible that Valve could insert Trojan code into their games to take over the system of a Debian uploader, that seems a bit far-fetched. Certainly, I would say that any Debian contributor who is running a web browser on their development system is already accepting more security risk than would be added by installing games from Steam. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bnyxl4ks....@windlord.stanford.edu
