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Re: Summary from last weeks FESCo meeting
- From: Patrice Dumas <pertusus free fr>
- To: Discussion related to Fedora Extras <fedora-extras-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Summary from last weeks FESCo meeting
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:53:04 +0200
> Ohh, sorry, yes, that was a bit misleading. The problem simply is: who
> checks that the md5 sums stored in CVS are fine / those from upstream?
> Nobody. I can upload a new version of package "foo" at any time and
> include a rootkit in the tarball I upload. No one would notice.
Anybody could notice that the source file has changed and could verify that
the md5sum matches upstream. I don't think that anybody does, however
(I don't ;)...
--
Pat
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