Comment 3 for bug 344105

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William Grant (wgrant) wrote : Re: [Bug 344105] Re: PPA keys should include username, url or email address

On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 18:04 +0000, Celso Providelo wrote:
> RIght, as discussed in bug #158570, we could use the PPA URL in the
> signing-key UID .
>
> The PPA URL can easily become constant (by blocking 'name' changes on
> users/team with PPAs) and then provide an easy and secure manner for
> checking key references.
>
> "Signing key for http://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/ppa"
> "Signing key for http://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/stable"
> "Signing key for http://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/experimental"
>
> What do you think ?

It shouldn't have 'Signing key' in it, I don't think.

'Launchpad PPA at https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/ppa'?

Or '“ppa” Launchpad PPA for bzr'? The latter should be just as fine as
the URL, and you could even stick the URL in the comment field.

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William Grant