On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 11:56:30AM GMT, Orhun Parmaksiz wrote: > Hey all! > > As some of you might already know, I maintain an upload server project > called `rustypaste`: > https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/rustypaste/ > > I’ve been using it daily for a couple of years now and have been > quite happy with it. > > I used to provide a public instance for free use, but due to some > issues with the provider, I had to shut it down: > https://github.com/orhun/rustypaste/issues/326 > > The other day, I started wondering why Arch Linux shouldn't support a > similar public service, like https://paste.ubuntu.com, but powered by > rustypaste. I believe we could configure rustypaste to allow public > uploads with a retention period and necessary security measures in > place.
I think it's important to specify how the moderation capabilities are. Public paste services are *bounds* to be abused and can distribute malicious files and illegal files. This needs to be dealt with and should probably not cause too much friction. Other then the above issue I'm positive. -- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16
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