> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:34:59PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Saturday 21 June 2008 15:52, Alexander Wirt wrote: > > > I'm still not that sure if its a good idea to add a non-offical debian repo > > > keyring into the archive... > > > > Nobody is forced to install it?! > > > > And AFAICS we regulary recommend backports.org to users, who need newer > > software. So I think it should be in. > > > But backports.org is still unofficial. If it were permitted, then what > would happen when other unofficial repository maintainers want to > package their repository keyrings? Will those be allowed or disallowed? > What's wrong with packaging a keyring? Does a keyring package differ in any way from a "normal" (whatever that is...) package? It installs some files and in some sense modifies your system. It does not download any software itself, so what? Best, Michael
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