On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 08:45 -0600, Tommy Reynolds wrote:
Uttered Edward Haddock <edward.haddock(a)verizon.net>, spake
thus:
> On the page,
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/NewWriters it
> states that "1. You should have a GPG key, and are encouraged to use it
> to sign your e-mails. This enables everyone to guarantee the
> authenticity of the e-mails that are sent.
Edward,
Thanks for gently reminding me of this ;-)
But it is noteworthy that signing emails is "encouraged", which is not
even a "recommendation" and certainly not a "requirement".
Edward -- when streamlining this, perhaps we could move that signing
email part to a footnote or something. Or just make it a different part
of the NewWriters page, so we don't fool people into chasing down a
difficult path.
We definitely need the GPG key for the Fedora account, which causes you
to do the CLA, and grants Wiki, CVS, etc.
What would be nice, and I have no idea if it is feasible, is to have a
route to just-Wiki that is almost like a click-through CLA. But is that
advisable? Enforceable? How do you prove that the person who agreed to
the CLA is anyone in particular? It could have been a friend, "Just
click through this, you need that to get the EditGroup permissions."
Click-throughs are passive, people can do them without thought. The
sign-the-CLA-with-GPG is active.
Hmm ...
Ideas?
- Karsten
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