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["Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergey AT optimaltec.com>]

Hi All,

I can think of the following compromise that would hopefully satisfy all 
sides.

1. Sorcery keeps support for hashes and signatures, both optional, but with
possibility to be restricted by users of individual systems. Here's one for 
the
choice.

2. When this option becomes available, we move to digitally sign every
repository commit. In effect, this will also sign a hash that is stored in
DETAILS. Should a tarball or both tarball and hash value become compromised,
our repository will help detect that. For added protection, we can also 
include
the size of tarball into DETAILS, effectively signing it as well.

This way, we will do exactly what is claimed on that Web page: sign package
receipt without signing the contents.

How does appeal to everyone?

Sergey.