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On 17.10.2012 03:30, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> On 10/17/12 06:54, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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>> Hi all, |
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>> |
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>> One of the items that has come up in the Git conversion, and needs some |
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>> attention. |
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> [snip] |
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>> As such, we've decided to make the PORTAGE_GPG_KEY strictly enforce what |
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>> was originally intended. |
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>> |
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>> - You must specify a key or subkey exactly. |
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>> - The leading "0x" is optional. |
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>> - If you want to use a subkey, per the PGP specifications, you must |
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>> suffix your keyid with "!". |
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>> - Your keyid is exactly: 8, 16, 24, 32 xor 40 hexdigits long. |
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> |
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> That's nice. Can we also add some basic policies on key format (key |
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> length, validity) and get a centrally-hosted keyring? |
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> |
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> Then it'd even make sense for us to start using the whole signing thing |
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> now :) |
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Additionally, can any consensus achieved here be documented right away? |
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e.g. here [1] or @devmanual.g.o |
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Cheers, |
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Kacper |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=6 |
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