[arch-general] Package signing for the umpteenth time (was Re: unrealircd 3.2.8.1-2 contains backdoor)

[Ananda Samaddar]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:46:09 +0200
Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's all there :
> http://projects.archlinux.org/users/allan/pacman.git/log/?h=gpg and
> there :
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Package_Signing_Proposal_for_Pacman
> 
> Come back to us when everything is implemented and working :)
> 
> You can also read the last thread :
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2010-April/012897.html
> And contact Denis A. Altoé Falqueto about pacman-key and all the rest,
> and maybe Aleksis Jauntēvs too
> 
> Basically there is no one leading and coordinating these efforts, just
> various people who pushed it a bit at random time in the past, and got
> quickly de-motivated by the lack of interest from everyone else.

It seems to be actually progressing pretty quickly now and from the
other posts on this subject it looks like we may not have to wait too
long before it's implemented.  Keep up the good work developers!

Ananda