[petsc-dev] I hate nagupgrade

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:

> Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> writes:
> > I don't actually care whether we keep this check. However, I do think
> > the arguments advanced so far do not amount to more than prejudice. I
> > don't think a security argument holds water
>
> Security only insofar as urllib could have a vulnerability.  I think
> privacy is still a concern.
>
> > for a system that downloads tarballs from other sites without any kind
> > of check.
>
> That is opt-in (the user passes --download).
>

Not for everything, like sowing.

  Matt

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What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
experiments lead.
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