On Saturday 28 June 2008 02:48, Holger Levsen wrote:
> It's documented here:
>
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Etch/HowTo/Administration#head-136bb7e75e07e8b6463e6b30761ac51776c5c27d
now also with the correct order of commands :-)
regards,
Holger (see, it ain't easy :-D
Hi,
while I'm actually in favor of adding this package because it makes it a lot
easier to obtain a trustpath to the backports.org repo, which is important
to our users, it's not true that there isnt a documented trusted path to
install the key.
It's documented here:
http://wiki.debian.org/Debi
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 01:08:30PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote:
>
> Certainly, the backports.org keyring is useful to some people, *but* it is,
>
> 1. not free software
I don't think there's a legal basis to claim copyright on a blob of random
bytes generated by a program. Who's the copyright hol
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:39:36AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Luk Claes wrote:
> >apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
> >
> >or
> >
> >gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 16BA136C
> >gpg --export | apt-key add -
> >
> This involves 3 separate commands, and modifies files under
Luk Claes wrote:
apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
or
gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 16BA136C
gpg --export | apt-key add -
This involves 3 separate commands, and modifies files under
/root/.gnupg/ at the same time. Seems overly complicated, especially for
non-tech
Adam Majer wrote:
Certainly, the backports.org keyring is useful to some people, *but* it is,
1. not free software
Presumably the following packages would never have made it into Debian
if a public key didn't comply with the DFSG.
debian-archive-keyring - GnuPG archive keys of the Debian
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:34:15PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 03:52:12PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> >> I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian repo
> >> keyring into the archive... But I let the decision to the ftp-m
Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 03:52:12PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote:
>> I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian repo
>> keyring into the archive... But I let the decision to the ftp-masters..
>
> Well, currently a problem is the only way to get a tr
Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If backports.org keyring get distributed, then I would argue it allows
> others, non-software data to be packaged as well. For example, some free
> anime movies, or the Gutenberg project packages.
>
> Debian is for *free software* (and some non-free) and st
Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> In my humble opinion they should be allowed to be packaged as if they
> are normal packages. Don't get me wrong, but Debian is a distribution,
> so what we basically do is pack up things that are worth distributing
> and distribute them. This way Debian users can benefit
Hi,
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 01:38:07PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> But backports.org is still unofficial.
so what? Its unofficial, but still its of great use for the most Debian
users.
> If it were permitted, then what
> would happen when other unofficial repository maintainers want to
>
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 03:52:12PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian repo
> keyring into the archive... But I let the decision to the ftp-masters..
Well, currently a problem is the only way to get a trusted path to the bpo
reposit
On Saturday 21 June 2008 11:38:07 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:34:59PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Saturday 21 June 2008 15:52, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> > > I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical
> > > debian repo keyring into the
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:34:59PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Saturday 21 June 2008 15:52, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> > > I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian
> > > repo
> > > keyring into the archive...
> >
> > Nobody is forced to install it
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:34:59PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Saturday 21 June 2008 15:52, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> > I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian repo
> > keyring into the archive...
>
> Nobody is forced to install it?!
>
> And AFAICS we r
Hi,
On Saturday 21 June 2008 15:52, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian repo
> keyring into the archive...
Nobody is forced to install it?!
And AFAICS we regulary recommend backports.org to users, who need newer
software. So I think it
Robert Millan schrieb am Saturday, den 21. June 2008:
> reopen 480478
> retitle 480478 ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the
> backports.org repository
> reassign 480478 wnpp
> thanks
>
> * Package name: debian-backports-keyring
> * URL :
> http://backports.o
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