On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, at 11:12 AM, Neal Gompa wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 1:10 PM Brian Stinson <br...@bstinson.com> wrote:
> >
> > While we want signed repodata to be *available* to folks who want to enable 
> > it, We don’t want it necessarily to be the default for all users. We want 
> > it to be a decision that folks make for their own sites.
> >
> 
> This is a very bizarre stance to take. Enabling repo_gpgcheck for
> the CentOS provided repos in their repo files should not harm anything
> else, and only further ensures the integrity of the repository
> content.
> 
> Is there a compelling reason to *not* change the defaults? Because
> from my perspective, I don't see any.
> 

The only reason might be to prevent breaking folks who regenerate the repomd 
locally. Not sure whether pulp preserves the original md or regenerates its 
own. (I always use exactly the upstream repomd for precisely this reason of 
avoiding breaking repo_gpgcheck, which is often on "security hardening" 
checklists.)

V/r,
James Cassell


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