Re: Location of build 2.98 source rpms? (fwd)

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Dean Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Jima wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Dean Anderson wrote:
>>> Is someone uploading the SRPMS for 2.98 to ibiblio.org?
>>
>>   Someone will, I'm sure.
>
> Figured. But glad to have reassurance.

  Yeah, that was the meat of my message.  (And to explain what caused the 
delay.)

>>   "Completely untrustworthy" seems a bit strong.  If you don't trust us
>> simply because of a lack of SRPMs, you're putting your trust in the wrong
>> place.
>
> Yes, I agree, it is a bit premature to say that. But it isn't that I
> don't trust you personally. What I don't trust (without verification) is
> that your computers haven't been compromised, and that trojans haven't
> been inserted into your source code, and into your binaries. This has
> happened previously, and it's why I check sources, and make sure that
> binary RPMs match.

  Out of curiosity, how are you checking if they match?  rpmdiff?

>>> Spot et al:  If you don't have the sources (as opposed to have them,
>>> but they just haven't been uploaded), please let me know ASAP.
>>
>>   As Dennis stated, Spot is in the process of moving about a thousand
>> miles.
>
> Boston?? I'm in Boston. Do you need help? (and I mean I'll help you
> carry boxes)

  Man.  Talk about paying back for open source. ;-)

      Jima
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