hartmannathan commented on PR #1630: URL: https://github.com/apache/nuttx-apps/pull/1630#issuecomment-3452197371
> @Cynerd any plans to continue with this PR? Otherwise I think we should close it. @linguini1 @cederom @acassis @xiaoxiang781216 IMHO we should *never* silently download external packages! Why: 1. Security reasons: some developers need to ensure only known bits are used in the build. 2. Offline / airgapped build environments: some developers will need to manually obtain external packages. 3. Customization: some developers will want to customize the external packages, use alternative versions or branches, or supply their own substitute. In fact I think in Kconfig we should have a global permission switch, similar to "allow GPL" / "allow BSD", called "Allow downloads" (CONFIG_ALLOW_DOWNLOADS). All invocations of curl, wget, git, or other remote download commands should be gated behind this switch to avoid the unwanted accidental download. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
