Should Fedora rpms be signed?
Ian Pilcher
i.pilcher at comcast.net
Fri Oct 29 14:44:25 UTC 2004
Jeff Spaleta wrote:
>
> Can rawhide packages be automatically signed... of course
> Does autosigning help the intended, well informed, audience of the
> rawhide packages... yes
> Does autosigning hurt the unintended, un-informed or mis-informed
> audience... i think it does.
>
So you're suggesting that the use of signed packages should be limited
by some "least common denominator" of ignorant users? I suspect that
if you broadly adopt that principle, you won't be real happy with the
results.
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