Re: Add a pastebin client to the next guixsd image release

[Alex Kost]

ng0 (2016-12-04 18:16 +0000) wrote:

> I think the next release image for GuixSD should include
> wgetpaste as a tool. This would make it possible for people who
> are stuck in the image and who are doing the installation, to
> paste the config.scm or any other command output.

I agree: some *simple* paste tool would be good in the system image for
such cases.

> Are there any security concerns, or is this something we can do?
> If the majority should be against it, another option I can think
> of is that we add it to the documentation as a general suggestion
> to search for "pastebin" with "guix package -s pastebin" and
> install one of the available pastebin clients (there'll be more
> than one at some point).

I would avoid the word "pastebin", as it's just one of the paste
websites (and not the friendliest for the Tor users).

-- 
Alex