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Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.0 Subject: Re: the right to rewrite history to rectify the past (was Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive) Content-Language: en-US To: Giovanni Biscuolo , pinoaffe Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org References: <87il1mupco.fsf@meson> <8734sobv2j.fsf@gnu.org> <87edc4rf7b.fsf@xelera.eu> <5c12f0bd-967e-2d7d-aa06-234cbd203d58@fannys.me> <87msqr3gwj.fsf@gmail.com> <87ttkzpqqm.fsf@xelera.eu> From: MSavoritias In-Reply-To: <87ttkzpqqm.fsf@xelera.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.95.52.48; envelope-from=email@msavoritias.me; helo=mail.webarch.email X-Spam_score_int: -40 X-Spam_score: -4.1 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_INVALID=0.1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-2.36, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx13.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.08 X-Spam-Score: -1.08 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: C89F516E80 X-TUID: m62Qxp8cfc0n On 3/21/24 17:08, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: > Hello pinoaffe, > > pinoaffe writes: > > [...] > >> I think we, as Guix, >> - should examine if/how it is currently feasible to rewrite our git >> history, > it's not, see also: > https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/securing-updates/ > >> - should examine possible workarounds going forward, >> - should move towards something like UUIDs and petnames in the long run. >> >> (see https://spritelyproject.org/news/petname-systems.html). > I don't understand how using petnames, uuids or even a re:claimID > identity (see below) could solve the problem with "rewriting history" in > case a person wishes to change his or her previous _published_ name > (petname, uuid...) in an archived content-addressable storage system. It doesnt solve the problem of rewriting history. It solves the bug of having names part of the git history. see also https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/20960 for Gitlab doing the same thing. MSavoritias > > As a side note, other than the "petname system" please also consider > re:claimID from GNUnet: > https://www.gnunet.org/en/reclaim/index.html > https://www.gnunet.org/en/reclaim/motivation.html > > [...] > > Regards, Giovanni. > > > [1] https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/securing-updates/ > >