Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> writes: ... > Following that argument, I think a key should be signed and included in > the Debian keyring if it (the key) has a history of high quality > contributions. Meeting the keyholder in person to look at his passport > doesn't seem to add anything of particular value here. Why would I care > under what name he has been contributing? > > Am I missing something? The thing it's trying to add is some assurance that, if it were necessary to eject someone from the project for whatever reason, that it is at least moderately hard for them to sneak back in under a different name. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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