Thanks Bertrand! Cheers, Chris
On Jun 28, 2011, at 1:29 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >> Yep, makes sense. Like I told Benson, I wasn't exactly sure if the mirroring >> system were read only downstream of the Apache root sources (IOW, I thought >> we had more control then in reality we did). >> >> BTW, if someone could point me to a document where this is described, that >> would certainly help me refer it to others in the future.... > > The mirroring docs are at > http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html AFAIK, and in any case > we cannot trust mirrors of Apache software as we don't control them. > > Hence the need for people to download KEYS files from an *.apache.org > domain that we do control. Putting KEYS in a distribution might cause > people to use them instead of getting them from a trusted source, and > that's bad. > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
