On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 01:17:36PM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > How can I find out who sponsored a particular upload? (I only need to do > > it by hand, not an automated lookup.) > > > > I expected that I could locate the upload announcement on > > debian-devel-changes, then verify the signature to get the key ID, and > > look that up. I got a key ID, but can't find out whose it is, suggesting > > it's not in the keyring... Now I'm confused. > > the debian-keyring package has not been updated in more than 2 years. You > need to rsync the actual keyring from keyring.debian.org::keyrings if you > want to know who uploaded. > > > It would be useful if this information was recorded somewhere, > > especially as dak has to verify the key on uploads anyway. > > If you have a recent keyring, then who-uploads will show you that > information.
Excellent. Thanks all for the information. The DDPO method is also useful (although it only reveals the login of the uploader, so a visit to db.d.o is often required). devscripts rocks. Thanks Julian. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
