Bug 85190

Summary:	distfiles should not be group/world readable
Product:	Mirrors	Reporter:	Alin Năstac (RETIRED) <mrness>
Component:	Feature Request	Assignee:	Mirror Admins <mirror-admin>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alin Năstac (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-14 03:17:06 UTC

given the impressive number of files in this folder, our mirrors burn their cpu cycles for just for satisfying curiosity of some. 

mode of this directory should be 0711.

Comment 1 Kurt Lieber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-14 04:17:41 UTC

isn't that a decision for each individual mirror to make on their own?  instead of a one-line cron job to sync the directory, they could use a two-line script to sync the directory and chmod the perms.

While I can certainly see why some mirrors would object to misc. users browsing files, I can see why other mirrors wouldn't necessarily mind.  Thus, I'd rather not force them one way or the other unless there's a compelling reason to do so.

Closing as wontfix for now.