Gunnar Wolf <[email protected]> writes: > Brian Nelson dijo [Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 02:27:59PM -0500]: >> Well I have a new key but it doesn't have any signatures on it other >> than my own, and I haven't encountered another developer in years to >> have it signed. I've been listed on >> https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning/Offers for years (two locations in >> two different U.S. states, even) but have never been contacted for a >> keysigning. >> >> I'm not overly far from other developers--Boston is about a 2 hour drive >> away--but with general busyness from having a family, I haven't found a >> chance to try to meet people in Boston. The boston-debian-soc mailing >> list being down for years doesn't help, either. >> >> It's not a very interesting story. It's more about being inconvenient >> than insurmountable. I've just been hoping some opportunity would >> present itself for an easy keysigning, but that hasn't happen yet. > > Right :) I didn't want to out you as "a guy who has a minor problem > getting his key signed". But you asked us to ask you why. > > And it boils down to being motivated to do it. I hope this thread > motivates you. In the worst case, I hope most people whose keys are > retired from the active keyring next January will be motivated by the > need (or desire?) to do Debian work without requiring a sponsor. But > each person has their own story.
I'd like to retain an active key in Debian. However, I already have a well-connected key from when I was younger and my time was freely available and travel was easy. Those are no longer true, but I'm supposed to start over from scratch anyway and spend a better part of a day traveling to Boston to meet developers I've most likely never interacted with before. I'll show them some identification to prove I'm a Brian Michael Nelson which, since the other Brian Michael Nelson in the project retired, means I'm probably the one still active. I'll be able to submit a stronger key, but what exactly has been gained? It feels like a waste of time and effort, so that's where my motivation is lacking. I've met and exchanged key signings with a good portion of the active developers (including you) with my old key, and it just seems like it would be a whole lot more meaningful and a more productive use of time to make use of that instead of yet another silly government ID exchange dance. -- Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
