From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:42:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EAF4091.2010205@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EAF3556.3000001@garzik.org>
>
> The main worry is Linus ($human_who_pulls) gets
> cryptographically-verified data at the time he pulls. Once Linus
> republishes his tree (git push), there will be few, if any, wanting to
> verify Jeff Garzik's signature.
>
> So no, I don't see that as a _driving_ need in the kernel's case.
>
> And IMO the kernel will be a mix of signed and unsigned content for a
> while, possibly forever.
>
I think the desire is to be able to deconstruct things if things were to
go wrong.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-01 0:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-26 20:22 [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes) Jeff Garzik
2011-10-29 19:13 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-29 19:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-10-30 10:05 ` James Bottomley
2011-10-30 17:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 8:19 ` James Bottomley
2011-10-31 15:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 18:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-31 20:30 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-31 20:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-31 22:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 22:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 22:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 22:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-31 22:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-02 9:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-11-02 11:20 ` Jochen Striepe
2011-10-31 23:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-31 22:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-31 22:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:49 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-31 22:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 22:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 23:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-01 5:39 ` James Bottomley
2011-10-31 23:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-01 0:42 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-10-31 22:33 ` Jiri Kosina
2011-11-01 19:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-01 21:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-01 21:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-02 20:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-02 21:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-03 1:02 ` Shawn Pearce
2011-11-03 1:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-03 1:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-03 2:14 ` Shawn Pearce
2011-11-03 2:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-03 3:22 ` Jochen Striepe
2011-11-03 4:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-10 13:51 ` David Woodhouse
2011-11-10 15:23 ` Marc Branchaud
2011-11-10 15:23 ` Marc Branchaud
2011-11-03 2:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-03 2:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-04 20:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-04 21:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-04 23:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-05 3:55 ` Jeff King
2011-11-05 4:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-03 18:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-03 18:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-03 19:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-04 14:59 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-11-04 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-04 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-04 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-07 7:52 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-11-07 16:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-05 6:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-05 16:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-05 23:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-06 0:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-09 17:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-10 8:02 ` Johan Herland
2011-11-10 15:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-10 16:03 ` Johan Herland
2011-11-10 17:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-11 1:17 ` Johan Herland
2011-11-11 5:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-10 21:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-03 19:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-04 21:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-04 23:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-03 2:55 ` Jeff King
2011-11-03 3:16 ` Robin H. Johnson
2011-11-03 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-01 22:39 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-11-02 23:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-02 23:41 ` david
2011-11-02 23:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-10 13:52 ` David Woodhouse
2011-11-02 10:53 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-11-02 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-02 21:05 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-10-31 8:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-10-31 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-31 8:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-10-31 21:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-10-31 22:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-31 22:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-01 2:17 ` david
2011-11-01 3:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-11-01 3:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-01 4:25 ` hpanvin@gmail.com
2011-11-01 5:19 ` James Bottomley
2011-11-01 13:13 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-11-01 17:06 ` Tony Luck
2011-11-01 17:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-12 19:31 ` Felipe Contreras
2011-11-01 5:03 ` david
2011-11-01 13:32 ` Theodore Tso
2011-11-01 3:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-01 4:58 ` david
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