Re: debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-backports-keyring in official debian repository?

[Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/07/08 13:20, Luk Claes wrote:
>> Peter Jordan wrote:
>>> Luk Claes, 04/07/08 20:05:
>>>
>>>> Peter Jordan wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>>> why are the keyrings of debian-multimedia.org and debian backports not
>>>>> in the official repository of debian?
>>>>>
>>>>> At the moment you have to install untrusted keyrings before you can use
>>>>>  these repositories.
>>>> Because they are no official Debian services (yet?).
>>>>
>>> but the repositories does not need to be official debian services, only
>>> the keyrings should be available over the official debian repository.
>> No, as that would imply that they are or at least will be official
>> Debian services and open the door for every archive provider to ask for
>> adding their key...
> 
> Governments need silly all-encompassing rule sets to appear fair.
> Debian doesn't.  IOW, adding debian-multimedia-keyring and
> debian-backports-keyring doesn't mean that you've got to add every
> other unofficial archive keyring, even though that archive's owner
> screams "that's not fair!".

Indeed, so we don't need to add these neither even though you scream
it's unfair :-)

There has to be a line somewhere and the current line makes sense to
everyone, so I don't need we will change it...

Cheers

Luk