RE: [Monotone-devel] Re: Future of monotone

[Kelly F. Hickel]

> One reason for separating out the author from the signer is that, in
> the
> event of a database rebuild, all certs will be re-signed by whoever
> does
> the rebuild and the original author is lost. This has happened a few
> times in the monotone history and while not a huge problem does leave
> rebuild a little more lossy than it could be.
> 
> Cheers,
> Derek
> 

Hmm, doesn't that suggest that *every* cert needs an "original signer"
in addition to the signer?
-Kelly