> I disagree.  If I'm pulling a .deb from LP over https, I have a lot more
> confidence in that than one that's signed, but from some external site.
 Not
> ideal, but it's better.

Scott,
if your trust is based on the URL of the download and not on the PGP
signature validation, then you do not care  or you do not understand what is
the PGP signature role.

I strongly recommend you some reading like:
http://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html
http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt

Best regards,

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