Do you have any examples of problems that this would have avoided (xz-utils 
isn't one - due to the way it's releases are done, it wouldn't be suitable for 
tag2upload)?

Scott K

On June 24, 2024 6:36:59 PM UTC, Aigars Mahinovs <aigar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Signing something that you did not write and something that you don't read
>is a bad security practice that exposes you to various attacks.
>
>Just because we have been doing this poor security practice for a long time
>does not make it better. Now better methods are possible and we shouldn't
>prevent them from being used just because we are used to the weaker
>approach.
>
>On Mon, 24 Jun 2024, 18:34 Scott Kitterman, <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> None of that changes the fact that it's what they signed.  Historically,
>> the project has found that useful and I think it still is.

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