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Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:37:45 +0300 |
> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 06:11:51 -0400
>
> On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 10:09:25 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
> >> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:14:44 -0400
> >>
> >> >> Actually, let's wait. If all turn out well, most/all ELPA archives will
> >> >> start providing signatures in the not too distant future and there'll be
> >> >> no need for per-archive settings (and we can change the default to t).
> >>
> EZ> Are you saying that verification will not need gpg be installed?
> >>
> >> If my work with libnettle progresses well, I think we'll be able to at
> >> least verify GPG signatures without calling out to GnuPG or other tools
> >> on all the platforms that have libnettle+libhogweed (any platforms with
> >> GnuTLS support AFAIK).
>
> EZ> And what about users whose Emacs doesn't have GnuTLS? Are we saying
> EZ> they will not be able to install packages from ELPA without being
> EZ> annoyed by prompts and error messages?
>
> No one has said that AFAIK.
Stefan did, see above.
> My suggestion was to give users the choice (per archive) to always,
> maybe, or never verify packages. Currently this choice is global in
> Daiki Ueno's changes that were committed recently, but it's still a
> choice.
Daiki's default is not t.
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/04
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Ted Zlatanov, 2013/10/04
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Daiki Ueno, 2013/10/04
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Ted Zlatanov, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Ted Zlatanov, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Ted Zlatanov, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Ted Zlatanov, 2013/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Stefan Monnier, 2013/10/05
Re: [PATCH] package.el: check tarball signature, Ted Zlatanov, 2013/10/02