[Slackbuilds-users] Repology again Re: SlackBuilds-users Digest, Vol 147, Issue 2

[rob van nues]

Well, it has been raised as an issue but the author cannot see the
problem

https://github.com/repology/repology/issues/220

This is not what I expected when email addresses were published in info
files. Can we take them out??

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 13:04:36 +0100
rob van nues <rvnues at disroot.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:19:59 +0000
> slackbuilds-users-request at slackbuilds.org wrote:
> 
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:15:50 +0300
> > From: Petar Petrov <slackalaxy at gmail.com>
> > To: "SlackBuilds.org Users List" <slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org>
> > Subject: [Slackbuilds-users] Repology: a way to track potential
> > 	updates
> > Message-ID:
> > 	<CAKXpWBdSMynxSV6=MGghFxr-BaXUKi0XYC5TigkHNQkrPC-wBw at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > i recently came across the repology website:
> > 
> > https://repology.org/
> > 
> > it compares packages between distributions and their versions. You
> > can search by package maintainer (I found myself by my email) and
> > get a list of potential updates.
> > 
> > -petar  
> 
> Thanks, Petar; found out that I can update a package...
> 
> What I find quite worrying is that the search by email works too
> well. 
> 
> Email addresses are somewhat scrambled in the info-files; so why does
> this site publish the unscrambled version that can lead to quite a bit
> of spam? This seems contrary to policies adhered to here.
> 
> I will ask the maintainer amdmi3 at amdmi3.ru
> 
> rob
> 



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