sysutils/ipfs-go downloads pre-built binaries while sources are available
Yuri
yuri at rawbw.com
Mon Mar 12 20:55:21 UTC 2018
On 03/12/18 13:42, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> While source is preferred over binary, we don’t delete ports just
> because they have binary blobs.
Binary downloads have an entirely different trust model. You have to
trust the producer of the binary, vs. with source code it is much more
obvious what does it do. Neglect or misunderstanding of this difference
leads to rampant spread of malware on Windows and cell phones.
Yuri
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