bug#41922: Question about signature file of emacs binaries distribution

[Dev Prabhu]

Thank you.

Dev

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:11 PM Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> wrote:

Dev Prabhu <drp.prabhu@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I downloaded emacs distribution for windows 64-bit binaries
> (emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip) and the associated signature file
> (emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip.sig) from the location
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-26/
>
> My attempt to verify the signature says that the signing certificate has
> expired a few months ago.
> Is it still safe to use this download?


Yes. I am considering what to do about the expired key.

Phil