> On 15 Aug 2015, at 12:34 am, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I think it looks good to you because you signed it and you have the public 
> key.
> 
> I obviously do not have the public key of the signer.
> 
> Furthermore, nowhere am I told that I need yours.  I am reviewing this as 
> someone who is not on the project.  

My understanding is that you *are* on the project - these release candidates 
are intended for people who are on the project.

Even if someone were not on the project, I don’t think it’s an unreasonable 
stretch to assume that Jan is the signer, or that at minimum a verification 
could be attempted using his public key.

> Somewhere, it must be specified what public key is needed and how to obtain 
> it from a safe place.  That is what I am asking for.  

Jan and I have both now given you this information.

> What is the information that an outsider needs in order to know who is the 
> release manager/signer is and how to find an authentic public key for that 
> committer?
> 
> When that information is provided, I can proceed with any review of the 
> source zip.

The name of the person posting the release candidates, as can be seen from the 
mailing list, is Jan Iverson. This person’s email address is [email protected], 
which implies that his Apache ID is jani. The ASF maintains the public keys of 
all committers at https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/, where each file 
has the name of the username. Therefore Jan’s key, and by extension the key 
with which the release candidate was signed, is available at 
https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/jani.asc.

—
Dr Peter M. Kelly
[email protected]

PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key <http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key>
(fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F BFA0 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966)

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