On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 02:59:41PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 04:01:20PM +0200, W. Kosior wrote:
> > I became extremely concerned when I noticed that
> > https://packages.debian.org now includes a bot blocker from Fastly.
> > This email is (1) a complaint, (2) a request to the community to come up
> > with something that treats users better, and (3) a justification for
> > (1) and (2).
>
> You've sent your mail to debian-user, a group of users of Debian like
> you. We don't have any authority or ability to speak for the Debian
> project nor to effect change in the Debian project's web sites. You may
> be better off addressing your concern to the debian-project mailing
> list, pr possibly debian-www.
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/
I see there is a bug filed today about how even RSS feeds from
packages.debian.org are being given a JS challenge, which obviously
breaks feed readers,
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1134165
(JS also needed to view that URL.)
Thanks,
Andy
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