Side question.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 04:07
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: [VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4
> 
> This is for a source release of Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4 from Apache
> OpenOffice
> and binaries made available from Maven via Apache Nexus.
> 
> Source packages for RC1 are available at:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/devtools/
> and the reference revision is r1737622.
> 
> Binary Maven packages are staged here:
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheopenoffice-
> 1019/
> 
> I'm signing with a new 4096 bit key I recently added to KEYS.
> 
[orcmid] 

I forgot to ask this when you mentioned the new key before.

Carl, is the fingerprint of this new key added to your account information at 
id.apache.org?

I see only one entry for cmarcum at <https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/> 
and that 

    ASF ID: cmarcum
    LDAP PGP key: 8204 E089 64AC 9ABA 7472 A123 669C FA03 CED4 6810

    pub  2048R/CED46810 2011-07-04 Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org>
          Key fingerprint = 8204 E089 64AC 9ABA 7472  A123 669C FA03 CED4 6810
    uid                            Carl Marcum <carl.mar...@codebuilders.net>
    sub  2048R/3175CD6A 2011-07-04

is for your older 2048-bit key.  (Note that you can have any number of key 
signatures in your account record and you should probably not remove any that 
have been used in signing releases or for any other situation where 
confirmation is needed that the key is one of yous as an ASF committer.)

The committer keys file is automatically updated from PGP key signatures and 
will reflect countersignatures on your key (circle of trust attestations).  If 
the key is ever revoked for any reason, that will be discoverable there too 
unless the fingerprint or apache account are removed.  (Of course, you must 
publish your new 4069-bit public key to a PGP key server for this to work.)

As far as I know, public keys in release-archive KEYS files are not 
automatically synchronized in that manner, although the one associated with 
projects is, such as the one at 
<https://people.apache.org/keys/group/openoffice.asc>.  This should *not* be 
used as a release KEYS though.  See <https://people.apache.org/keys/> for 
details.  

What is needed in KEYS files for authenticating a release and stored in the 
mirror directories is always cumulative, so any signature you have used to sign 
a release (candidate) needs to be in the release-associated KEYS file.  It is 
nice to use the 
<https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/>-accessed version of the key in our 
KEYS file because that one has the Useful descriptive information as shown for 
your 2048-bit key, above.

Note that keys that have not been used in signing release candidates do not 
need to be in release-associated KEYS files and it is good practice (and an 
useful precaution) to keep it that way.

PS: None of this is a release blocker.  But you can get the dots connected 
before the [VOTE] concludes.  I assume there is no further reason to touch the 
KEYS file that you have already updated.

 - Dennis



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