[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1104275: (resend to the correct bug) pique autopkgtest not finding data
Paul Gevers
elbrus at debian.org
Sat May 24 10:17:38 BST 2025
Hi,
[Release Team member hat on]
On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:15:01 +0100 "Rebecca N. Palmer"
<rebecca_palmer at zoho.com> wrote:
> My understanding of this policy is that you *can* download *data*, but
> can't download and run executable code
It is my understanding of the ftp-master FAQ that indeed *running* stuff
that's downloaded is not acceptable, but e.g. testing protocol or
downloading data is OK. Obviously one has to consider the potential of
"abuse" of downloading huge amounts of data from external parties for
testing purposes.
Paul
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