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8ceffb2f34a5e8fe156f6e44e404f3eaafa6799a — Ricardo Wurmus 8 years ago 7ceb0a8
doc: Encourage signature verification.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify
cryptographic signatures.
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

M doc/contributing.texi
M doc/contributing.texi => doc/contributing.texi +6 -0
@@ 334,6 334,12 @@ updates for a given software package in a single place and have them
affect the whole system---something that bundled copies prevent.

@item
If the authors of the packaged software provide a cryptographic
signature for the release tarball, make an effort to verify the
authenticity of the archive.  For a detached GPG signature file this
would be done with the @code{gpg --verify} command.

@item
Take a look at the profile reported by @command{guix size}
(@pxref{Invoking guix size}).  This will allow you to notice references
to other packages unwillingly retained.  It may also help determine