Am Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 11:42:17AM -0600 schrieb Gunnar Wolf: > Alexander Wirt dijo [Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 08:41:23AM +0100]: > > > I certainly was using paste.debian.net to distribute some text files > > > "forever". > > > This will break various links in old mails I've sent, in forum posts or > > > other > > > places where I wanted to link to snippets which I intended to be > > > distributed > > > for a longer time. > > > > paste.d.n is a pastebin and not a file distribution service. I never made > > any > > promises about availability of the files. I agree that such a service is > > needed > > and I wanted to keep them all. However, during the review, I looked into the > > depths of the human soul and found things there that were almost impossible > > to > > surpass in terms of repugnance. For this reason, the service is now severely > > limited and monitored. > > > > > Is there a problem with disk space? It would be a bit sad if all these old > > > links would be broken and the content behind them lost forever. > > They will not come back. We are talking about several thousand entries > > where malware and other > > illegal content is included. I dumped them all. > > Thank you very much, Alexander. I am sorry you had to go through all that > harmful content (and trust you gave up on it before too long). > > Of course, I sympathize with Johaness, but I am aware of the problematic > paste.d.n posed; I had thought about the issue of most content appearing to > be spam, but never took action to write about it - and apologize for just > pushing the thought aside. > > Anyway, on to my point: The paste.d.n as it worked for several years didn't > set the right expectations. I agree with Alexander, I never expected > paste.d.n to be there "forever", specially given the open way in which it > operated. > > Now, given the resource is controlled and we should not expect a large > amount of spam / malware... Alexander, I understand you not wanting to > commit to a "forever" storage, but I would also appreciate if you added a > way to add different expiry periods (including a reasonably-long-length), > or a way to manage your old postings to "refresh" them.
Yeah you got me. I implemented the following: every authenticated user, that is in the Debian group on salsa, can now again create pastes without expiration date. Use -1 as expiration date if you want to use the API (don't forget the token). Alex
