tags/gpgbloghttp://blog.spang.cc/tags/gpg/blogikiwiki2010-04-03T02:48:23Zis your keysigning offer up to date?http://blog.spang.cc/posts/is_your_keysigning_offer_up_to_date__63__/Christine Spang2010-04-03T02:48:23Z2010-04-03T02:48:23Z
<p>I occasionally get emails from people looking for GPG keysigning around
the Boston area, addressed to all the local Debian Developers on the
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning/Offers">keysigning offers list</a>.
Generally, I'm the only one who replies to them, despite there being
four or so other people addressed. I wonder if this problem pervades
other locations as well.</p>
<p>Keysigning is one of the hurdles every person interested in becoming a
full Debian Developer must overcome. The New Maintainer process is a
hurdle enough in itself! Let's try not to discourage excited newcomers
who are <em>already convinced that they want to help Debian</em>
by leaving them hanging for long periods of time trying to get their key
signed.</p>
<p>Have you moved? Are you no longer interested in filling keysigning
requests? (I suspect many of those who would answer "yes" to that
question are actually inactive, and so are unlikely to actually see
this.) Are you interested in filling keysigning requests but didn't know
about the offers list? Go to the
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning/Offers">keysigning offers list on the Debian wiki</a>
and update, add, or remove your information. There's also the
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning/Need">list of people requesting keysigning</a>—you
can subscribe to this page to see updates.</p>