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From: desultory <desultory@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org,
	"Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
Cc: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] pre-GLEP: Gentoo OpenPGP web of trust
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:02:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e8b9acd8-f082-54aa-b6a4-f48521deb625@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3018116.TxlsP8b7va@porto>

On 02/01/19 07:47, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>>
>> I don't see anything in glep 76 about requiring verification of the
>> signatures.  It's my view (as trustee) that assertation by the signer
>> that 'this is my signature' is sufficient.
> 
> ^ This. 
> 
> It's not our business to check IDs, and it's not our business to stalk people 
> on google or facebook.
> 
True, even according to GLEP 76.

> Now if someone says "Here's my name, and actually it is a fake name", then 
> that is a reason to refuse commit rights or patch acceptance, and probably ask 
> for some sort of verification when another name is then given. 
> 
False, though that falsehood drove acceptance of GLEP 76.

> (That behaviour is roughly as intelligent as walking up to the security guy at 
> the airport and claiming loudly "I have a bomb in my luggage.")
> As with your previous assertion, this is false, it is also pointlessly
hyperbolic.

> Apart from that, I dont think we should care.
>


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-02-02  6:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-31 13:56 [gentoo-project] pre-GLEP: Gentoo OpenPGP web of trust Michał Górny
2019-01-31 14:21 ` Brian Evans
2019-01-31 15:33   ` Matthew Thode
2019-02-01  2:48   ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2019-02-01  6:57   ` Michał Górny
2019-02-01 14:43     ` Brian Evans
2019-02-02  6:00     ` desultory
2019-01-31 15:32 ` Matthew Thode
2019-02-01 12:47   ` Andreas K. Huettel
2019-02-01 14:17     ` Cynede
2019-02-01 14:32       ` Rich Freeman
2019-02-01 14:53         ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-02-01 17:27           ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-02-01 20:46             ` Rich Freeman
2019-02-02  6:02     ` desultory [this message]
2019-02-01 14:20   ` Michał Górny
2019-01-31 16:33 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-01-31 16:35 ` Alec Warner
2019-01-31 20:29   ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-01-31 21:40     ` Alec Warner
2019-01-31 22:00       ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-01-31 22:49       ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-02-01  0:09         ` Rich Freeman
2019-02-01  0:47           ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-01-31 17:33 ` Rich Freeman
2019-02-01 12:51   ` Andreas K. Huettel
2019-02-01 13:25   ` Michał Górny
2019-02-02  5:55     ` desultory
2019-02-02 13:47       ` Rich Freeman
2019-01-31 19:25 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-02-01  0:41 ` Chris Reffett
2019-02-01  0:42   ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2019-02-01  0:55     ` Chris Reffett
2019-02-01  1:56       ` Rich Freeman
2019-02-01 12:52         ` Andreas K. Huettel
2019-02-02  5:54 ` desultory

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