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Re: Validating tarballs against git repositories



On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 06:21:27PM -0600, Antonio Russo wrote:
>...
> 1. Move towards allowing, and then favoring, git-tags over source tarballs
>...

git commit IDs, not tags.

Upstream moving git tags does sometimes happen.

Usually for bad-but-not-malicious reasons like "add one more last-minute fix",
but using tags would also invite to manipulation similar to what 
happened with xz at any point after the release.

> Best,
> Antonio Russo

cu
Adrian


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