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From: | Ted Zlatanov |
Subject: | bug#17625: 24.4.50; All installed packages marked "unsigned", no archive listed |
Date: | Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:29:01 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:35:34 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >>> 1- why have `package-desc-signed' (and the foo.signed files)? I don't >>> think APT has such a feature and I'm wondering what would be >>> the interest. >> I remember it was exactly for displaying signed/unsigned status on the >> list, requested by Ted: >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-10/msg00033.html >> I'm not sure if it is useful at this point. SM> Ted, do you remember why you wanted the "unsigned status" displayed in SM> the package list? SM> I can't think of a use-case where it's helpful. I think it's helpful to indicate if packages are signed--unless they must be signed by default, which is currently not the case. Ted
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