FS#29471 - Validity of (ex) developer keys
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Opened by Nikolai Maziashvili (mkudro) - Sunday, 15 April 2012, 13:40 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Friday, 27 April 2012, 06:27 GMT
Opened by Nikolai Maziashvili (mkudro) - Sunday, 15 April 2012, 13:40 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Friday, 27 April 2012, 06:27 GMT
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When installing virt-manager i was asked to add key from
Angel Velasquez for python2-cairo package. But i couldn't
find him on dev list
(https://www.archlinux.org/master-keys/) - point of
reference for me. So key verification was not possible, so i
emailed him and Angel was king enough to response and indeed
confirm my thought that he was not developing for arch
anymore.
I know i sound paranoid here, but what is the point of key signing if we just go and accept everything that comes along. I have no reason, especially after communicating with Angel, not to trust/import his key, but this is not my point. If his key is still regarded as trusted/valid, although he is not dev any more, he still should remain on the list until someone takes over and resigns the package. |
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Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) -
Sunday, 15 April 2012, 15:37 GMT
look in Fellows Profiles
Comment by
Nikolai Maziashvili (mkudro) -
Sunday, 15 April 2012, 23:37 GMT
Thnx Ionut, didn't know about that. Still very new to arch :).