Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages

Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by nandalism on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:00PM (#34430324)

Pip is separate from python itself. With a given language can I download packages with curl and install them myself? I think I can trust curl.

The problem is not only that the tool connects to the networks, but who is behind the tool. Google is a company whose business is collecting all the information on people it can. I don't think those in control of python/pip have the same incentives.

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by vluft on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:23PM (#34430673)

there's nothing preventing you from downloading go code manually without the package manager and using it that way

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by throwaway894345 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:41PM (#34432775)

Or even easier--pointing your Go tool at a package proxy of your choice.

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by vluft on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @06:05PM (#34434395)

yup; you can easily run your own or just set GOPROXY=direct to use go modules without a proxy at all.

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