From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6CE15138334 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2019 06:00:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1619BE0980; Sat, 2 Feb 2019 06:00:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CEF37E096C for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2019 06:00:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.0.17] (cpe-72-227-68-175.maine.res.rr.com [72.227.68.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: desultory) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 55B17335CFF; Sat, 2 Feb 2019 06:00:28 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] pre-GLEP: Gentoo OpenPGP web of trust To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org, =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= References: <1548943008.796.1.camel@gentoo.org> <439a1433-90bf-9464-cea2-eac377d4b8ba@gentoo.org> <1549004234.3382.1.camel@gentoo.org> From: desultory Message-ID: Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:00:04 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1549004234.3382.1.camel@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: b2954acc-a7b7-4c46-9035-d932ce4b2259 X-Archives-Hash: 05aec64306fb763a1b56280237a65141 On 02/01/19 01:57, Michał Górny wrote: > On Thu, 2019-01-31 at 09:21 -0500, Brian Evans wrote: >> On 1/31/2019 8:56 AM, Michał Górny wrote: >> >>> >>> Signature requirements >>> ---------------------- >>> >>> As a final goal of this GLEP, each Gentoo developer will be required >>> to have at least one signature from another Gentoo developer or from >>> member of one of the partner communities present on their >>> ``@gentoo.org`` UID. >> >> -1 >> >> I won't be able to accomplish this as I do not travel and have no >> opportunities to meet with others. Plus, it's just downright awkward. >> I'm sure there are other devs in this same situation. >> > > The most commonly proposed alternative is identity verification via > video chat. Would that also be unachievable for you? > > It would be really nice to get some measure on how many people *really* > can't do it, rather than how many will oppose for the sake of opposing. > It is funny how many of the people complaining today would actually > quickly get the needed signature if this was required from the start. > I, for one, am a member of both sets: I neither reasonably could nor would I if I reasonably could. In context [GLEP76], the proposed policy is, by all appearances, pointless make work for the sake of buzzword bingo. [GLEP76] https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html