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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v3] verify-sig.eclass: add app-crypt/signify support
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:32:46
Message-Id: fc0a15f939e28a59afb7963b35a5c7d941c37b1e.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v3] verify-sig.eclass: add app-crypt/signify support by Anna Vyalkova
1 On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 21:11 +0500, Anna Vyalkova wrote:
2 > It is useful for verifying distfiles that come from OpenBSD folks, since
3 > signify produces signatures incompatible with GnuPG.
4 >
5 > Signed-off-by: Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gentoo@×××××.in>
6 > ---
7 > Changes from previous patch:
8 >
9 > - changed variable name
10 > VERIFY_SIG_IMPL -> VERIFY_SIG_METHOD
11 >
12 > - used generic names for methods
13 > "gnupg" -> "openpgp"
14 > "signify" -> "ed25519"
15
16 To be honest, I don't think this is a valid name here. ED25519 is just
17 an algorithm, and I don't think it has much to do with the custom
18 OpenBSD format. In that case, "signify" was better as it indicates
19 the tool that implements this format.
20
21 --
22 Best regards,
23 Michał Górny