Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> (Stefan, for example, your emails are tagged with "Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)
>>> Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)").  Has there been complaints about Gnus
>>> doing that?
>> I never liked it, but admittedly, I never complained about it.
> May I ask why you do not like this behaviour? What stands against it?

That's just a leak of private information.
Of course, when compared to the crapload of private info most systems
send out at any opportunity nowadays, this is very minor, obviously.


        Stefan