"Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Which makes me wonder, why is it that PyPI doesn't use a universally >> accepted SSL cert instead of the CAcert one? Note: I'm a CAcert assurer >> myself but would prefer using a cert by one of the commercial CAs for >> the sake of the users. >> >> Any opinions? > > Primarily because of lack of volunteer time. Buying a certificate is > a big effort, issuing a cacert one is simple. > > And before anybody says "no, it's not difficult", or "no, it shouldn't > be difficult", please consider volunteering for the next ten years to > manage the PSF server certificates (as one of the key problems that > makes it difficult is that responsibilities change so often with > volunteers).
Perhaps we could get Pat, the PSF secretary and administrator to deal with the paperwork that's needed to get a certificate. Installing it is not really such a major task, once you have the paperwork done. Should we take this to the PSF board for discussion ? -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 04 2011) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2011-05-23: Released eGenix mx Base 3.2.0 http://python.egenix.com/ 2011-05-25: Released mxODBC 3.1.1 http://python.egenix.com/ 2011-06-20: EuroPython 2011, Florence, Italy 16 days to go ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig