From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In Support of ELPA Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:23:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87eftmejer.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87inixixyn.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1499948691 30760 195.159.176.226 (13 Jul 2017 12:24:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 13 14:24:47 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dVdAb-0007K3-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:24:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59528 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVdAg-0001vs-T2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:24:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34682) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVd9Y-0001up-Nz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:23:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVd9X-0004li-Vz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:23:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVd9U-0004jM-0i; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:23:28 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dVd9T-000502-Fw; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:23:27 -0400 In-reply-to: <87inixixyn.fsf@lifelogs.com> (message from Ted Zlatanov on Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:30:56 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:216575 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > SM> I find it is important for GNU ELPA not to *pull* from outside hosts > SM> that are not under our control. Instead code should be pushed to it by > SM> people who have write access (hence take on the responsibility of paying > SM> attention to copyright and such). > Can GnuPG signatures satisfy that requirement so the code can be pulled? The question is so vague that I can't relate it to the issue at hand. GPG signatures delivered by whom, when, signing what, to achieve what purpose? But I am pretty sure the answer that GPG is irrelevant to this issue. This is not about getting a signature (GPG signatures are usable in the US and Italy), it is about a relationship with a person who we trust to assure certain things are done right. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.