Wouter Verhelst writes ("Re: Facilitating external repositories"):
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 01:03:15PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > The /name/ of the external repository should also be covered by the
> > signature.
>
> What would you describe as the "name" of the repository?
>
> The URL is already part of the sources.list file. Additionally, the
> deb822 form of the sources.list file is already configured to have a
> short and long Description: field.
Ah, I think the short and long Description are probably the answer. I
wasn't aware of that.
I was thinking that tools would want to show something to the user. A
Description is probably the right thing and if it is covered by the
signature then great.
> Am I missing something?
I think probably I was. (Also I may be missing something now, too - I
have just got back from the pub...)
Ian.
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