On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 12:18:59PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 08:14:32PM +0000, Joseph Carter wrote: > > However, I really think this should be in -announce or -devel-announce > > since it affects more than just developers really. > > More than "just developers", eh? ;)
Yes. E.g. users that want to verify their latest and greatest download from a mirror of Incoming. > Joseph, some developers don't have time to read -devel, although they are > supposed to be subscribed. All are supposed to be subscribed to and read > -private, so private is the correct place for this. No. debian-devel-announce is. -private is for issues that need to be discussed between developer in private. debian-devel-announce is for broadcasting information every developer should read. > BTW: Has someone the capability to judge if gpg is *secure*? Ian Jackson works in the area of cryptography; I'm not aware of other Debian developers or users that have had formal education in cryptography. > Is the algorithm the same as in pgp? No (otherwise we'd still be stuck with the patent issue). gpg uses well-known, non-patented cryptographic algorithms. Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
