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