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Why doesn't GitHub just enforce immutable versioning for actions?I always wish these arguments came with a requirement to include a response to "well, what about the other side of the coin?", otherwise, you've now forced me to ask: well?
The two sides of the coin: Security wants pinned versions, like you have, so that compromises aren't pulled in. Security does not want¹ pinned versions, so that security updates are pulled in.
The trick, of course, is some solution that allows the latter without the former, that doesn't just destroy dev productivity. And remember, …there is no evil bit.
(… I need to name this Law. "The Paradox of Pinning"?)
(¹it might not be so explicitly state, but a desire to have constant updated-ness w/ security patches amounts to an argument against pinning.)
I always wish these arguments came with a requirement to include a response to "well, what about the other side of the coin?", otherwise, you've now forced me to ask: well?
The two sides of the coin: Security wants pinned versions, like you have, so that compromises aren't pulled in. Security does not want¹ pinned versions, so that security updates are pulled in.
The trick, of course, is some solution that allows the latter without the former, that doesn't just destroy dev productivity. And remember, …there is no evil bit.
(… I need to name this Law. "The Paradox of Pinning"?)
(¹it might not be so explicitly state, but a desire to have constant updated-ness w/ security patches amounts to an argument against pinning.)