From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package.el + DVCS for security and convenience Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: <8738zf70ep.fsf@riseup.net> <871uejlbm1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87obhmzl2f.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20121222141742.7494b429fe36e5ccef50cf6f@gmail.com> <87d2y2w9j5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87wqwas0gr.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87d2y2p6d7.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87sj6xg9p2.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356365853 6717 80.91.229.3 (24 Dec 2012 16:17:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:17:33 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 24 17:17:49 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 1TnAiq-0002BY-FV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:17:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45388 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnAic-00052H-C7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46140) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnAiY-0004yM-Gz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnAiX-0006Aq-Ks for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:30 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:64434) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnAiX-0006Af-HN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:29 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAG6Zu09FxLDj/2dsb2JhbABEtBGBCIIVAQEEAVYoCws0EhQYDYhABboJjSaDHgOIQo1ojQmBWIMH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="210642299" Original-Received: from 69-196-176-227.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.176.227]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 24 Dec 2012 11:17:28 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 959DD59067; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:28 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87sj6xg9p2.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:37:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 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:155856 Archived-At: > Maybe `vc-dir' already has code to do this, so package.el can simply > ride on top of it. I'm afraid VC does not have much of that code yet. An alternative is to only protect the communication between elpa.gnu.org and the end client: add a "GPG signature" to each entry of the `archive-contents' file, so they can be checked after the download. Stefan