Re: rpm with sequoia pgp

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Quoting Neal H. Walfield (2022-09-02 16:31:18)
> rpm 4.18 is on the horizon and includes a new OpenPGP backend based on
> Sequoia PGP.
>
>   https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
>   https://sequoia-pgp.org/
>
> Thanks to Fabio Valentini (decathorpe) for packaging not only
> rpm-sequoia, but all of the Sequoia packages for Fedora.
>
>   https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/decathorpe/sequoia-test-builds/package/rust-rpm-sequoia/
>
>
> With this note, I'd firstly like to make the Fedora community more
> aware of this project.  (I don't think it has been mentioned here
> yet.)
>
> Second, although the internal OpenPGP backend is still the default
> backend, it will be removed in rpm 4.19:
>
>   https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/1935
>
> It is probably best to start the transition as soon as possible to
> work out any kinks.
>
> In that vein, I'd like to offer my help.  Making this type of change
> needs to be done carefully.  Perhaps these are questions or concerns.
> I'd like to hear them and respond to them.  There is also technical
> work that needs to be done.  I'm more of a developer than a packager,
> but if Fedora decides to use the Sequoia backend, I'd like to offer my
> help in any way I can.
>
>
>
> Note: Sequoia currently uses Nettle on Fedora, but there is ongoing
> work to port it to Sequoia to OpenSSL:
>
>   https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/2041#issuecomment-1219175000

Mind the
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/CryptoPolicies

Will we need to introduce a configuration mechanism to limit algorithm
selection in Sequoia PGP? Or just wait untl it switches to OpenSSL?

> ...
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