From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Feb 10 09:38:57 2021 Received: (at 46385) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2021 14:38:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55827 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l9qds-0003l6-8C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:38:57 -0500 Received: from albert.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.90]:47112) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l9qdn-0003kv-T1 for 46385@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:38:55 -0500 Received: from ptr-bvsjgyjmffd7q9timvx.18120a2.ip6.access.telenet.be ([IPv6:2a02:1811:8c09:9d00:aaf1:9810:a0b8:a55d]) by albert.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id TSep2400t0mfAB406SepgU; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:38:50 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#46385: User awareness of Anti-Features From: Maxime Devos To: soheil@disroot.org, 46385@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:38:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-PCbqVDxxWoYrOsG/RiQO" User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=telenet.be; s=r21; t=1612967930; bh=l3dWr+qAwo5jVdyu3+8jkhHl6rKy2RSrj8J/n2FMs48=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=JqVyPPKldXuwck5xkI/3Api39t5yzyA/+0fTn4+fxcGutK2xcu4Mj9RL9IyCeIn0k CUyCPsGoI8K95LWgV502vfIoaq8Bu125NlojcVDzH5ASa2SZF+YnkS1MEKq61kse/w Vh3CQlS++Bgz+60MBdYih5nNv7mThECcn3Mu38+lWImE3G9d7p5drfaxmuZE7rc9yK zKU3yp5t2RQfSq1KpDFMBInACyiN0IO5Q5BjwET9JyYR3MewJZJgc5BoDr3q0vXU2/ gInFO8tvs8qE7Y8/L/+YVkGHDe5QnhfvmOF31JL57kM9zntAdiDcCKmbAEr/WH1WnE 2LvCGWzkxE/Pw== X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 46385 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) --=-PCbqVDxxWoYrOsG/RiQO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 13:28 +0000, soheil--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix w= rote: > Users should be aware of anti-feature of packages. > It is best to have anti-feature tag in anti-feature packages so that user= know > which program has anti-features; Like F-Droid. Also, user should be awar= e of > anti-feature during installation. And wherever this awareness is needed..= . >=20 > An example is Telegram, Telegram is a program that user connects to a > proprietary server, and users who know less about computer softwares, > are not aware of the anti-feature. I'll have to think some more on whether this is something Guix needs, but I do have a partial concrete implementation proposal: Packages can have a =E2=80=98properties=E2=80=99 field, e.g. from gnu/packa= ges/bioconductors.scm: (define-public r-reactome-db (package (name "r-reactome-db") (version "1.70.0") [...] (properties `((upstream-name . "reactome.db"))))) Maybe add a =E2=80=98anti-features=E2=80=99 entry field for some packages? E.g., (define-public some-twitter-app (package (name "tweet") [...] (properties `((anti-features x y z))))) x, y and z can be symbols, e.g. based upon from https://f-droid.org/en/docs= /Anti-Features/ * ads (I don't think any application in Guix has these?) * tracking (should be patched out if possible) * non-free-network-services * non-free-dependencies (probably not allowed in upstream Guix, but maybe i= n a channel) The code behind =E2=80=98guix show=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98guix search=E2=80= =99 would need to be adjusted to display anti-features, and the =E2=80=98guix install=E2=80= =99 code should warn if someone installs a package with anti-features. Greetings, Maxime --=-PCbqVDxxWoYrOsG/RiQO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iI0EABYIADUWIQTB8z7iDFKP233XAR9J4+4iGRcl7gUCYCPv7BccbWF4aW1lZGV2 b3NAdGVsZW5ldC5iZQAKCRBJ4+4iGRcl7pftAQD4KQHWo9z/TsfjwrcKQ+AottXW ZzuGVVXDs4RUcDZpmgEAhn/66AgxZa8Cymj3ea6sZCpmK9FUASTtIgiR6l6ZxAI= =eaOT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-PCbqVDxxWoYrOsG/RiQO--