Re: PROPOSAL: GPG Signing of Releases

Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote:

>>1) Since the people presenting these arguments are comfortable with
>>GPG/PGP and the web of trust. They assume other users will be. I think
>>the whole web of trust thing is fundamentally confusing to end users in
>>general. If you don't believe me go look for all the FAQs about it.
>>It's not easy to explain, understand or use.
>
>
> I agree with this, and will reiterate my response: KeyMan.
>

This (is this what you were talking about?):

        http://keyman.aldigital.co.uk/

is a little sketchy on the actual sequence of daily usage.

How would a user wanting to check the signature of a release go about it? Is
KeyMan strictly a management tool on the developer-side to manage the individual
keys, or would everyone who uses Subversion and wishes to check the signature
need to download it as well.

I have no sheds to paint in this argument (actually I chose grey siding ;), so
please explain how this would appear on the website to the average user.

Thanks

John

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