On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 22:46, Christopher Schultz
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> On 6/19/26 2:42 PM, Dave Fisher wrote:
> > We are close to rolling out the ATR Beta and were reviewing gaps
> > with PMC’s that have more than one KEYS files in their distribution
> > area. There are only a handful which are mostly PMCs that came out
> > of umbrella projects. These mostly have a key file for each
> > subproject. Tomcat goes further as you have a KEYS file for each
> > Tomcat major version.
> >
> > Would Tomcat have a problem using ATR if this meant a single KEYS
> > file for the whole PMC?
>
> I think we would be okay with a single KEYS file for the whole PMC.
> While we have a large number of releases (~3 per month), our release
> managers are fairly table so the file won't see a tremendous amount of
> turnover for the foreseeable future.

A key should never be dropped from the KEYS file it has ever been used
to sign a release.
This is to ensure that signatures can be checked for archived releases.

> > You can see how this will work at https://release-test.apache.org/
> > committees/tomcat
>
> It's not entirely clear to me where the current list of keys is coming
> from. We have a KEYS file in the root of our main branch but that
> doesn't seem to be what's there. Is the KEYS file for ATR assembled from
> the PGP keys registered here for each release manager?
>
> https://release-test.apache.org/keys
>
> According to:
>
> > - https://release-test.apache.org/docs/promoting-to-release#the-keys-
> > file
>
> ATR will use a file that tomcat doesn't currently maintain, plus some
> other keys that look like they match what I asked about above.
>
> > - https://release-test.apache.org/docs/signing-artifacts#optional-
> > steps
>
> > Please let us know so we can determine if we have more necessary
> > work prior to Beta (or during beta).
>
> This doesn't seem onerous at all. Is it okay if we upload our keys to
> ATR and don't make any changes to our git repository?
>
> -chris
>
>
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