[asdf-install-devel] Re: [cclan-list] ASDF-Install patch to allow installation of unsigned packages

[Gary King]

Hi Todd and Andreas,

I see your point regarding requiring a license file but I'm not sure  
that I agree because ASDF-Install already has several "loopholes":

* you can set *verify-gpg-signatures* to nil or to a list of trusted  
locations
* you can choose a restart around an invalid or untrusted signature

In this case, I know and trust Kevin Rosenberg and was willing to  
take the risk and get the software even though it wasn't signed. I  
didn't like ASDF-Install thinking it knew better than me. Without the  
patch, I'm forced to download the software, unpack it, move it to the  
right place, setup symbolic links, etc.

To my mind, a consistent ASDF-Install is one that allows people to  
skip all of these checks (with verification). It makes no sense to  
allow software to be installed with an  invalid signature but prevent  
it from being installed with a missing one. Are you arguing that all  
of these restarts be expunged from ASDF-Install?

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