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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 09:00:39PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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> On 09/29/11 20:43, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 05:11:59PM +0200, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> >> Another point: Currently we do NOT sign eclasses and profiles. So |
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> >> before such a policy becomes mandatory we need to figure out how |
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> >> to handle that, otherwise we can't enforce it |
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> > And this is EXACTLY why I wrote the tree-signing GLEPS. |
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> > MetaManifest solves the problem over covering the entire tree with |
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> > signatures, WITHOUT requiring any specific action from developer. |
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> > |
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> Robin, |
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> |
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> I presume you are talking about GLEP 58[1] which seems to depend on |
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> GLEP{59,60,61}[2][3][4]. Is that correct? So before we get to |
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> MetaManifest we need to push the implementation for the rest of the |
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> GLEPs forward |
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You should also read GLEP57, which describes why BOTH tree & developer |
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signing are needed. |
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I sent a prototype patch to the Portage list back when the GLEPs were up |
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for final review. |
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Also, I explicitly discussed under the GLEP58 section of "Implementation |
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Notes" how to go about implementing MetaManifest as soon as possible. |
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None of GLEP59/60/61 are actually needed to take MetaManifest live, they |
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just make the implementation of GLEP58 much better (flexible, more |
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resilient, more compact). |
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1. GLEP59: Hashes |
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This is a very small patch, just changes which hashes Portage uses. |
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2. GLEP60: Manifest2 filetypes: |
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Until GLEP59 is implemented, MetaManifest is generated with Manifest2 |
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filetype of 'MISC' for all entries. The only downside to this is less |
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ability to non-strict verification of MetaManifest. |
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3. GLEP61: Manifest2 compression |
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The MetaManifest is quite big, and can benefit from compression. xz |
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has come a long way since GLEP61 was written, so re-running the |
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numbers would be useful. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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