Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This would effectivly mean activating the respective LP account [1] and > associating the respective gpg key with that account. This would be of > course doable, but given from this and previous discussions, I do not > have the impression that this is generally desired by all debian > developers. > > [1] launchpad automatically creates an account for each package > maintainer on package import, but leaves it /deactivated/ until the > person /claims/ it by confirming a cookie sent via email.
Unfortunately, this then generates a whole pile of web pages supposedly for "you" that then show up in Google searches and the like despite having no information on them. I think that's one of the things that's turned DDs off on Launchpad; I know that it gave me a bad initial impression. (I've since activated my account so that I can subscribe to Ubuntu bugs for packages for which I'm also upstream.) -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]