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Re: Help! I messed up guix-past


From: Ricardo Wurmus
Subject: Re: Help! I messed up guix-past
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 16:39:12 +0200
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zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> From my point of view, authentication of guix-past adds more burden than
> it solves concrete issues of real problem.
>
> I suggest to just drop the authentication for this channel.

I disagree.

Channels are an easy way to get a lot of people to run hostile code.
Authentication ensures that the authors of Guix Past don’t sneak in bad
code that is then evaluated by Guix — no matter if you install packages
from Guix Past or not.

-- 
Ricardo



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