From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ELPA security Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:34:35 +0900 Message-ID: <87d2xqcsdg.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <8738zf70ep.fsf@riseup.net> <871uejlbm1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87623i5tld.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356957286 13760 80.91.229.3 (31 Dec 2012 12:34:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:34:46 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 31 13:35:03 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tpea7-0001AJ-2U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:35:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60553 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeZr-0000rD-WE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:34:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56881) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeZp-0000r5-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:34:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeZl-0002cY-Re for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:34:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:59299) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeZl-0002Zj-Ht for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:34:41 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746B99708D7 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:34:35 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 390661A3222; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:34:35 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <87623i5tld.fsf@lifelogs.com> X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta32) "habanero" b0d40183ac79 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 130.158.97.224 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:156025 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > 3. we may need a way to revoke a signed commit. Perhaps it can simply > be a revert of the previously committed "bad" code, followed by another > commit, instead of a full revocation process. Branches. It should be possible for a package.el implementation to call home to the original GNU ELPA and check on the status of the most recent signed commit.