Re: Status of new packages in Incoming?

1999-09-28 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:22:32AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: I think the key difference is that if some one screws with the BTS or the Debian web site, it's not going to *me* any harm during the time it takes to discover and undo the damage. If someone installs a bad or malicious libc6 in

Re: Status of new packages in Incoming?

1999-09-28 Thread Joey Hess
Raul Miller wrote: Which implies that we should validate packages against developer's key before install, and that we should have some kind of list indicating which developers are working on which package for which architecture which is maintained under tighter control than the mirrors. We

Re: Status of new packages in Incoming?

1999-09-27 Thread Steve Greenland
On 27-Sep-99, 00:44 (CDT), Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it should be possible to come up with a structure where ftp site maintainers need not be trusted. The key to doing so is making it possible for any change such a person makes to be logged, and reversable. The reason I

Re: Status of new packages in Incoming?

1999-09-27 Thread Joey Hess
Steve Greenland wrote: I think the key difference is that if some one screws with the BTS or the Debian web site, it's not going to *me* any harm during the time it takes to discover and undo the damage. If someone installs a bad or malicious libc6 in the archive, a buncha people could get

Re: Status of new packages in Incoming?

1999-09-27 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Joey Hess wrote: I think it should be possible to come up with a structure where ftp site maintainers need not be trusted. The key to doing so is making it possible for any change such a person makes to be logged, and reversable. Anyone can manipulate bugs in the