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authorRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2017-06-23 09:24:58 +0200
committerRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2017-06-25 22:26:08 +0200
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doc: Encourage signature verification.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify cryptographic signatures.
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@@ -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