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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] please sign your manifests
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:47:10
Message-Id: CAB9SyzTOjoS_qaEox-zENavAm2-SCBmD3eBZmcak4Bj4FYhvow@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] please sign your manifests by Michael Weber
1 On 13 February 2013 15:07, Michael Weber <xmw@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 02/13/2013 12:28 AM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
3 >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:12:35AM +0100, Michael Weber wrote:
4 >>> On 02/12/2013 10:14 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
5 >>>> If you have any questions on this, please feel free to let us
6 >>>> know.
7 >>> What is the rotation strategy for (near) outdated keys?
8 >>> Alter the key or create a new one? Sign the new with the old one?
9 >> If your keysize is still good, you should ideally update the expiry on
10 >> the key and re-upload it to keyservers.
11 > Can you commit this to the document, please?
12 >
13 >>> IMHO the answer to these questions is not obvious nor given by (our)
14 >>> docu [1].
15 >> I'm pretty sure it was in the devrel developer handbook at one point,
16 >> along with instructions to create your key, but I can't find it now.
17 >>
18 >>> Maybe, add "keep ldap id/fingerprint synchronized" there, too.
19 >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/infrastructure/ldap.xml#doc_chap3
20 > That does tell how to update the data, but does not suggest to do so.
21 >
22 > My main concern is the cross-referencing of our documentation.
23 > I'm aware that there is a ton of documentation splattered all over the
24 > place
25 > and outside our infra.
26 > But besides the "non-trivial" step to become a dev (as mentioned last week)
27 > there is a certain non-trivial step to keep one, esp. by gathering the
28 > non-routine informations and fast-forward developments.
29
30 All pertinent information should be in the devmanual. If it's not,
31 then this omission should be fixed as soon as possible. There is no
32 reason to keep this scattered over multiple locations.
33
34 --
35 Cheers,
36
37 Ben | yngwin
38 Gentoo developer
39 Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin