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Re: Is the sha256 object format experimental or not?

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Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
May 13, 2021, 20:49 UTC
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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 01:29:19PM -0700, dwh@linuxprogrammer.org wrote:
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> 3. The key material used for identifying contributors needs to move into
>   the repos themselves for many reasons but the most important two
>   reasons are (1) the repo comes with all of the data necessary to
>   verify all of the digital signatures (i.e. solving the PKI problem
>   for a project) and (2) to track the provenance of the public keys and
>   other related data that each contributor uses. If Git repos contain
>   provenance logs that are controlled and maintained by each
>   contributor, those logs can also contain digital signatures over the
>   code of conduct and the developer certificate of origin and other
>   governing documents for a project that are legally binding (i.e.
>   follow eIDAS and other legal digital signature rules). Solving the
>   PKI problem alone makes digitally signing commits infinitely more
>   useful and will drive adoption. Solving the non-repudiable provenance
>   problem is the raison d'être of organizations like the Linux
>   Foundation. I think Git should align itself with where technology is
>   heading on that front.
Dave:

Check out what we're doing as part of patatt and b4: https://pypi.org/project/patatt/

It takes your keyring-in-git idea and runs with it -- it would be good to have your input while the project is still young and widely unknown. :)

-K
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  1. dwh@linuxprogrammer.orgMay 8, 2021
  2. Christian CouderMay 8, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2021
  4. Felipe ContrerasMay 8, 2021
  5. Stefan MochMay 8, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2021
  7. brian m. carlsonMay 9, 2021
  8. Is the sha256 object format experimental or not?Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 10, 2021
  9. brian m. carlsonMay 10, 2021
  10. dwh@linuxprogrammer.orgMay 13, 2021
  11. Konstantin RyabitsevMay 13, 2021
  12. dwh@linuxprogrammer.orgMay 13, 2021
  13. Konstantin RyabitsevMay 14, 2021
  14. dwh@linuxprogrammer.orgMay 14, 2021
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2021
  16. dwh@linuxprogrammer.orgMay 13, 2021
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 14, 2021
  18. dwh@linuxprogrammer.orgMay 14, 2021
  19. Jonathan NiederMay 18, 2021

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