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Re: New iteration on the Emacs homepage
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Yoni Rabkin |
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Re: New iteration on the Emacs homepage |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:40:27 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Nicolas Petton <address@hidden> writes:
> Yoni Rabkin <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> As long as we are on this topic, someone has just pointed out to me (on
>> #fsf IRC) that the CSS files are being served from third-party servers,
>> namely:
>>
>> https://code.cdn.mozilla.net/fonts/fira.css
>> https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css
>
> I removed the second one (it was unused).
>
>> I feel like it would be better if those CSS files would be served from
>> fsf-controlled URLs like static.fsf.org, so that the FSF has control
>> over them.
>
> I can do that.
>
>> This would have the additional benefit of not leaking information about
>> anyone visiting fsf.org to third-parties.
>
> But it has a cost too: it won't be served by the Mozilla CDN, and
> we'll have to maintain this file.
The marginal cost of maintaining one extra file when the FSF is already
maintaining such a large website is well... marginal.
But it's a matter of policy. The real question is whether the FSF are ok
with it on principle.
--
"Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
Re: New iteration on the Emacs homepage, Richard Stallman, 2016/03/30