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From: "Mr. Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:59:59
Message-Id: 20110929165913.GC32072@atlas
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing by Mike Frysinger
1 On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:31:03PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:18:17 Anthony G. Basile wrote:
3 > > On 09/29/2011 12:09 PM, Tony "Chainsaw" Vroon wrote:
4 > > > On 29/09/11 16:11, Patrick Lauer wrote:
5 > > >> Otherwise some funny person will use a 4-bit key that expires tomorrow
6 > > >> just to point out the missing details ...
7 > > >
8 > > > That is a simple case of "don't be a jackass".
9 > > > I do not feel that it is a productive use of my time to outlegislate
10 > > > being a jackass in Gentoo.
11 > >
12 > > If I comment on this, I will be bikeshedding ... j/k.
13 > >
14 > > I'd be happy just to see a policy in place saying "we reject unsigned
15 > > manifests". I mention the Council because that's one avenue for gentoo
16 > > wide policy. The other is a GLEP, but I don't think that's necessary
17 > > here, or at least not yet.
18 >
19 > the commit hook is waiting on git:
20 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/377233
21 >
22 > then you won't need a policy because you can't commit any other way :p
23 > -mike
24
25 We don't need to wait for git which is forever on the horizon to enforce
26 it. There are other solutions to use.
27
28 --
29 Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
30 Pseudonym: TitanOfOld
31 Gentoo Developer

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Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>