Re: changes file format
ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk said:
> It's important that the distribution channels for the MD5 checksum
> information and the files themselves remain separate. (For this
> reason I think that putting the MD5 checksums in the Incoming
> directory itself is bad - there should be a separate administrative
> directory.)
This is why I had proposed to PGP-sign the .changes files as a method of
verifying their authenticity. The program that processed the .changes files
would check them against the purported author's public key.
If I understand you correctly, you are proposing to have a write-only upload
directory for the .changes files .
Bruce
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