* Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at sun.com> [2008-07-31 03:41]:
> I also would prefer to see a model where nested signing or multiple
> signing is possible.

  So, as I pointed out during the discussion, changing a package's tags
  or its contents would be interpreted by most package publishers as
  "not my package anymore", and I would expect them to not be interested
  in seeing their signature propagate on after their package has been
  manipulated.  I suppose I based that assumption on the fact that the
  signing support on SysV is single certificate, and was added
  relatively recently (S10, maybe an S9 update as well)--meaning that
  the requirements are still reasonably up-to-date.  

  I am having difficulty formulating a use case where nested or multiply
  signed packages are needed, and in which the consumer makes different
  decisions when distinct subsets of the signing entities cannot be
  independently verified.  Maybe someone has an example?

  - Stephen
  
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