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Re: The imporantance of including http credential caching in 1.7.7

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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Sep 9, 2011, 08:12 UTC
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
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>> Agreed. Anything harder than ssh keys is right out the window,
>> because they're always the alternative these people could be using
>> (but can't or don't want to).
>
> Sue, the question was: What is easy enough? I hoped that people
> would be using gpg to check signed tags, and that there might be a
> simple, convenient gnupg installer for Win and Mac which ties into
> the respective wallet systems or provides one they use already.

I wouldn't be surprised if many people just don't check signed tags at all -- if the repositories they're using even have them in the first place -- particularly amongst the audience in question.

-miles
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Message 14 of 24 in “The imporantance of including http credential caching in 1.7.7”
  1. Kyle NeathSep 7, 2011
  2. Sverre RabbelierSep 7, 2011
  3. Kyle NeathSep 7, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2011
  6. Kyle NeathSep 7, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  8. Philip OakleySep 7, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  10. Michael J GruberSep 8, 2011
  11. John SzakmeisterSep 8, 2011
  12. Jeff KingSep 8, 2011
  13. Michael J GruberSep 9, 2011
  14. Miles BaderSep 9, 2011
  15. Jeff KingSep 9, 2011
  16. Jeff KingSep 8, 2011
  17. Michael J GruberSep 9, 2011
  18. Ted ZlatanovSep 9, 2011
  19. John SzakmeisterSep 9, 2011
  20. Erik Faye-LundSep 9, 2011
  21. John SzakmeisterSep 9, 2011
  22. Ted ZlatanovSep 9, 2011
  23. Ted ZlatanovSep 9, 2011
  24. Jeff KingSep 9, 2011

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