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Mathieu Lirzin c2757b97 2017-09-19T13:43:07 maint: Reset master
Paul Eggert 3562e384 2017-09-16T13:03:36 Prefer https: URLs In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is downstream of, which I'll patch separately. Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. See, for example: Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626 HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should take some care here.
Paul Eggert 199e7a44 2017-09-16T13:03:36 Prefer https: URLs In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is downstream of, which I'll patch separately. Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. See, for example: Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626 HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should take some care here.
Stefano Lattarini ebadaac0 2013-05-10T20:52:36 PLANS: we have already dropped support for split info files in master Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini d5f83b89 2013-02-21T15:52:22 maint: more adjustments to the new versioning scheme This is a follow-up to commit 'v1.13.1b-11-g97aaf12'. * automake.in: Adjust a comment. * PLANS: Adjust several files in here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini 59303213 2013-01-12T18:42:43 plans: update w.r.t. latest changes Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini 0071e015 2013-01-04T11:48:33 plans: add some on-going plans (already registered on the bug tracker) Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>