On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Ananda Samaddar <ananda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is the reason why we need package signing for Pacman. I'm aware > that some progress has been made and it's being worked on. Are there > any updates? > It's all there : http://projects.archlinux.org/users/allan/pacman.git/log/?h=gpg and there : http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Package_Signing_Proposal_for_Pacman Come back to us when everything is implemented and working :) You can also read the last thread : http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2010-April/012897.html And contact Denis A. Altoé Falqueto about pacman-key and all the rest, and maybe Aleksis Jauntēvs too Basically there is no one leading and coordinating these efforts, just various people who pushed it a bit at random time in the past, and got quickly de-motivated by the lack of interest from everyone else.