From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752500Ab1JBT3Q (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:29:16 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:43258 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750727Ab1JBT3L (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:29:11 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 21:31:28 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/3.1.0-rc8+; KDE/4.6.0; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg KH References: <4E8655CD.90107@zytor.com> <201110022014.27549.rjw@sisk.pl> <4E88AE07.2080603@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: <4E88AE07.2080603@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201110022131.28649.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday, October 02, 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 10/02/2011 11:14 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >> > >> Well, KS is still a place where we can discuss these kinds of policies; > >> we can't be a perfect democracy and in fact have never even attempted to. > > > > That doesn't seem to address my question directly. Never mind. :-) > > > > Sorry, I don't think I understood the question then. > > If this is about "how do we bring non-KS developers into the web of > trust" it pretty much comes down to the more people we have that can > sign keys the more complete the web will be, and the easier it will be > for developers to get their keys signed. > > Makes sense? Yes, it does, except that it will leave the people not at the KS and unable to create their own small webs of trust somewhat in the dust. Thanks, Rafael