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Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting



Hi, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:

> Another criterium amd64 fails is that packages must be DD build and
> signed. That criterium seems realy silly. If the archive is not in Debian
> but managed outside why should packages be exclusively DD build and
> signed.

Well, if the archive isn't in Debian then the signing is obviously not
required, but if it shall be *imported* into Debian as a new $arch, then
you need either rebuild everything, or trust the person who signed the
binaries -- i.e., you need a DD.

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Matthias Urlichs   |   {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de   |  smurf@smurf.noris.de



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