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Non-committers can't keep authenticated forks updated

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From: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
To: Saturanya Rahjane de Lasca <saturanya <at> dismail.de>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org, 75552 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com>, help-guix <at> gnu.org, Felix Lechner <felix.lechner <at> lease-up.com>
Subject: bug#75552: Non-committers can't keep authenticated forks updated
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:55:50 +0100

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Saturanya Rahjane de Lasca <saturanya <at> dismail.de> writes:

>> Again, not disputing that things work fine for people with commit
>> access. Perhaps that is part of why this issue hasn't been addressed
>> before :P
> You may call us privileged – and yes, we are – but that doesn't change
> the fact that weakening security weakens security.

Just to be explicit here, this whole thread was motivated by desire to
simplify soft-forks while keeping the same level of security.  No one
here is arguing for weakening it.

Tomas

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