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([2601:184:4180:66e7:4d17:b25e:8d9:2188]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id s14sm15821078qts.70.2020.05.13.08.15.03 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 13 May 2020 08:15:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::82e; envelope-from=cpitclaudel@gmail.com; helo=mail-qt1-x82e.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:250140 Archived-At: On 13/05/2020 11.01, Noam Postavsky wrote: >> As a package maintainer, I wouldn't have to ever check fencepost to verify assignments when I receive patches. Instead, the way I check that someone has an assignment on file is by asking them to sign their commit with an FSF-signed key. > > I'm not sure this gives a sufficient advantage over just asking the > author whether they've done assignment. The main difference is that it > would be harder for someone to lie about it, but I'm not seeing that > as much of a risk (in the rare case where someone does lie, the commit > can still be reverted later). My understanding was that asking wasn't sufficient — otherwise, the whole process is trivial, indeed.