Re: security in testing
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 10:51:18PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> > > I must be totally missing something. Is one getting the s3kr1t
> > > "create-a-repository-key" when you are becoming a DD? Where would these
> > > repositories be located? Nobody told me so!
> > >
> > To create a respository you just need a couple debs and website and the
> > tools to create the Packages files, ie: dpkg-scanpackages.
>
> Aha. And what exactly buys you being a DD in this regard? That's the
> implementation detail I was talking about earlier. You said
> repositories would be easier setup if one was a DD, if I'm not
> completely mistaken?
What it gains you ? It gains you being able to upload to one of the
official repositories (testing-proposed-updates for example) and have
your packages autobuilt on all arches, which is a prerequisite for them
to go into testing and be usefull.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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