On 3/1/07, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

...I haven't really got
to the signing part and all yet; don't know how much work that is and
how that all works...

See http://www.eu.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html - which is
fairly detailed but signing files is quite easy once you have a PGP
key:

$ gpg --armor --output somefile.tar.gz.asc --detach-sign somefile.tar.gz

generates a signature of somefile.tar.gz in somefile.tar.gz.asc, and

$ gpg --verify somefile.tar.gz.asc somefile.tar.gz

allows one to verify the signature.

BTW, for those who will be at ApacheCon, it'd be good to attend the
PGP key signing "party" (usually announced a few days in advance on
the committers@ list) and have your key signed by others, it helps
build the ASF's web of trust for releases.

-Bertrand

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