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Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19

From	Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19
Date	2020-08-13 16:50 +0200
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Le jeudi 13 août 2020 à 14:29:35+0200, Guilhem Moulin a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 14:11:14 +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> > Le jeudi 13 août 2020 à 07:42:29-0400, Sam Hartman a écrit :
> >>>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:
> >> 
> >>   Paul> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 3:27 PM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> >>   >> I'd rather try to solve the issue in a more sensible way : lower
> >>   >> the number of expected GPG signatures to 0 temporarily, and ask
> >>   >> for two or three advocacies from DDs.
> >> 
> >>   Paul> This seems like the most natural solution to the problem of
> >>   Paul> COVID mentioned thus far.
> >> 
> >> How do you feel about the idea of short-term expirations on signatures
> >> proposed in the previous message on the list?
> > 
> > Unless I missed a GPG capability, this seems kinda technically hard to
> > do.
> 
> gpg has a `--ask-cert-expire` flag and a `--default-cert-expire` option
> in that effect.  Expired certification signatures will be ignored when
> building the Web of Trust.
> 
> Cheers

This could work, but we'd have to handle the case when developers forget
to set a signature as time-limited/don't follow this thread and never
care to set it up.

I'd rather avoid relying on signatures, than making the meaning of
signature quite less tangible.

-- 
Pierre-Elliott Bécue
GPG: 9AE0 4D98 6400 E3B6 7528  F493 0D44 2664 1949 74E2
It's far easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Thread

Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> - 2020-08-06 18:10 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2020-08-06 18:50 +0200
    Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Federico Ceratto <federico.ceratto@gmail.com> - 2020-08-17 20:30 +0200
      Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-17 21:10 +0200
        Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> - 2020-08-19 16:20 +0200
          Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-19 18:10 +0200
            Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2020-08-20 10:20 +0200
              Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2020-08-20 10:50 +0200
              Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Ansgar <ansgar@debian.org> - 2020-08-20 10:50 +0200
              Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-20 12:20 +0200
                Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2020-08-20 19:30 +0200
              Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2020-08-23 23:10 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2020-08-06 19:10 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org> - 2020-08-06 19:30 +0200
    Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2020-08-07 11:40 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-06 19:40 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2020-08-06 23:40 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Héctor Orón Martínez <hector.oron@gmail.com> - 2020-08-07 01:30 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Alexandre Viau <aviau@debian.org> - 2020-08-07 09:30 +0200
    Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-07 12:00 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org> - 2020-08-07 12:00 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> - 2020-08-07 12:10 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2020-08-07 16:10 +0200
    Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Ulrike Uhlig <ulrike@debian.org> - 2020-08-07 18:50 +0200
    Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2020-08-09 07:50 +0200
      Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2020-08-10 20:00 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2020-08-09 07:40 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li> - 2020-08-12 10:10 +0200
    Re: Expressing regrets for how I handled the transition to Identity Verification  in times of COVID-19 Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2020-08-12 14:30 +0200
  Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2020-08-12 14:10 +0200
    Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-12 14:30 +0200
    Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Ángel <debian-project@debian.16bits.net> - 2020-08-13 08:20 +0200
      Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2020-08-13 19:30 +0200
        Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2020-08-13 20:20 +0200
          Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2020-08-13 21:10 +0200
            Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2020-08-13 23:10 +0200
              Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2020-08-14 18:50 +0200
                Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-14 23:00 +0200
                Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Ángel <debian-project@debian.16bits.net> - 2020-08-14 23:10 +0200
                Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2020-08-15 00:30 +0200
            Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 23:10 +0200
              Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2020-08-14 00:40 +0200
        Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Ángel <debian-project@debian.16bits.net> - 2020-08-13 21:40 +0200
  Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2020-08-12 17:30 +0200
    Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 08:20 +0200
      Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 14:00 +0200
        Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 14:20 +0200
          Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 14:50 +0200
            Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 16:50 +0200
              Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Ángel <debian-project@debian.16bits.net> - 2020-08-14 04:00 +0200
                Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2020-08-16 15:40 +0200
      Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-13 14:00 +0200
      Re: Keysigning in times of COVID-19 Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2020-08-13 14:20 +0200

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