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On Fri, 06 Jul 2018 08:51:12 +0200 |
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Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> W dniu pią, 06.07.2018 o godzinie 06∶28 +0000, użytkownik Robin H. |
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> Johnson napisał: |
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> > On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 08:18:32AM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > option a) |
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> > > > 2 years + N: |
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> > > > 2 weeks <= N <= 3 months. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > option b) |
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> > > > Change the wording to be 'at most 2 years' instead of 'exactly |
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> > > > 2 years'. |
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> > > |
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> > > That *is* the wording. |
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> > |
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> > I apologize. I took ulm's post as canonical and didn't confirm in |
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> > the original GLEP text. |
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> > |
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> > Further change to follow in response to the original text. |
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> > |
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> > > > Separately: |
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> > > > Is two weeks enough time for a new key distribution to users? |
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> > > |
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> > > I originally wanted to specify one month but k_f insisted on |
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> > > something shorter. 2 weeks were the compromise we agreed on. |
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> > > That said, I'd say weekly 'gpg --refresh' is what we should |
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> > > recommend as the bare minimum. |
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> > > |
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> > > That said, the point of two weeks is mostly to give us time to |
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> > > remind developers that their key is expiring and to give them |
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> > > time to actually read their mail and do it before it actually |
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> > > expires. |
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> > |
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> > Please let's start reminding them BEFORE that. I have seen a lot of |
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> > .away files over the last decade, and taking a 2-week offline |
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> > vacation does happen. |
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> |
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> The problem is, Gentoo developers are really hostile people. If you |
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> remind them *before* the term, they are not very nice because how does |
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> someone dare remind very important developer who was planning to do it |
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> week before expiration, and now he needed to waste his precious time |
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> reading your mail. |
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> |
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I never experienced a single developer show or say anything like you |
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are suggesting. Most, thanked me for the reminder whether it was in |
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IRC or email. And since I always cc'd the gkeys alias (most needed |
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changes to meet the spec too), I'm sure Kristian will confirm this. |
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Brian Dolbec <dolsen> |
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