first attempt at explaining binary policies #36
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tgamblin
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| Spack has the ability to create, download, install, and bootstrap | ||
| dependencies from binary packages. Spack signs binary packages with | ||
| gpg, and the ``spack gpg trust`` or ``spack buildcache keys -it`` |
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GPG should be all caps and defined on first use on the page, e.g. "GNU Privacy Guard (GPG)"
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| Spack has the ability to create, download, install, and bootstrap |
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What does bootstrap mean here? I think we should leave that word out until it's defined in paragraph 2
| verification capabilities. In those cases, Spack will bootstrap from a | ||
| very limited selection of binaries with sha256 checksums associated in | ||
| Spack. These bootstrapping binaries will also be associated with a | ||
| binary installation policy. |
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"binary installation policy" isn't defined yet -- we should probably lead with some motivation and that definition. Why is trusting binaries special (vs sources), what are Spack's policies -- basically the idea that a signature or a set of binaries are created using some process, and we want users to understand the process and trust it (or not)
| decisions, here we describe each of the policies available in Spack | ||
| and what it means. | ||
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| ## Binary Trust Policies |
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top level is #, then ##, then ###, etc.
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This is the first draft of a page that Spack will link to when prompting users for which binaries to trust.