Re: [Sks-devel] Min. Requirement for SKS Version in the Pool

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 06/25/2012 12:40 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> Again, thanks for helping out with the backport.

you're welcome :)

> Ref the upgrade / backup bug, it might be better to upgrade the BDB
> store using the steps in
> https://bitbucket.org/yminsky/sks-keyserver/src/3d12f5a0d7cf/UPGRADING .

This is (roughly) what the postinst script for the package is doing, iiuc.

> After all, this is data that can relatively easily be re-created, so
> not necessarily worth the backup step (it is currently backed up on 65
> other servers anyways)

You're assuming that everyone running sks is part of the main public
keyserver network, and that no one is running their own "dark"
keyservers or keyserver networks.  While this is probably the case, i'm
not sure that the debian packager can afford to make that assumption for
all users of the package :/

        --dkg

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