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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: robbat2@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 5/4] glep-0063: Allow ECC keys
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:09:33
Message-Id: 1530695359.914.34.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 5/4] glep-0063: Allow ECC keys by Kristian Fiskerstrand
1 W dniu śro, 04.07.2018 o godzinie 10∶51 +0200, użytkownik Kristian
2 Fiskerstrand napisał:
3 > On 07/04/2018 10:42 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
4 > > 1. I suppose the ECC/cv25519 packets won't change in incompatible manner
5 > > at this point.
6 >
7 > It being implemented in gnupg-2-2 is a good indication it won't be
8 > allowed to change at this point
9 >
10 > >
11 > > 2. Hardware incompatibility issues are not really relevant to us but to
12 > > the person using the key.
13 >
14 > It is relevant to us to the extent of discussion for hardware token for devs
15 >
16
17 Sure but I think that's the matter of 'recommended' vs 'minimal'.
18 But that part of the GLEP probably needs to change/be clarified as well.
19
20 > >
21 > > 3. Developer keys are mostly for internal use, while the majority of
22 > > users verify only the infra signatures, so I don't think we have to be
23 > > that concerned about interoperability of the algos, provided that it
24 > > works for infra purposes.
25 >
26 > This depends on the discussion of rsync vs git, if you expect end-users
27 > to verify git commits from developers directly you require them to use
28 > the 2.2 branch, whereby some server users prefer 1.4 for its smaller
29 > footprint etc. If we conclude that the git repo is internal and not to
30 > be exposed to end-users per se, but distribution happens in curated git
31
32 I honestly don't think Gentoo is the distribution where we let people
33 stay with obsolete versions for 'smaller footprint'.
34
35 --
36 Best regards,
37 Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 5/4] glep-0063: Allow ECC keys Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>