Re: ASDF-Install patch to allow installation of unsigned packages

Andreas Fuchs <[email protected]> Thu, 24 May 2007 18:03:01 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.cclan.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Todd wrote:
> I don't claim to be an expert on asdf-install, but this (allowing to
> install unsigned packages) seems directly counter to the spirit of it.


I'd like to second this. I suggest that instead of circumventing
asdf-install's already pretty thin layer of security features, it might
be more useful to promote mechanisms that ensure these features are not
forgotten by developers. (Shameless self-promotion: CLAPPA, which is due
to launch in a few weeks, disallows adding a package that isn't validly
signed by a known key; these keys can be downloaded from the clappa
service itself.)

Cheers,
-- 
Andreas Fuchs, (http://|im:asf@|mailto:asf@)boinkor.net, antifuchs

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