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bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specifi
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine |
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Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:56:58 +0300 |
unblock 24655 by 25717
thanks
> From: Andrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info>
> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:29:32 -0500
>
> The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a
> specific search engine in its name and certainly not a
> privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1].
>
> I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic
> such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url"
> and changing the default value from
> "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or
> similar) at the developers' preference:
>
> * "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s"
> * "http://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s"
> * "http://www.ixquick.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s"
> * "http://search.yacy.net/yacysearch/index.html?query=%s" (requires
> javascript)
>
> [1] https://stallman.org/google.html
I have nothing against this suggestion, but I see no reason to block
the release of Emacs 26.1 due to it, especially since no one is
interested in fixing it.
Thanks.
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