bug#27437: Source downloader accepts X.509 certificate for incorrect domain

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:45:26PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> 
> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > FWIW, I always check digital signatures when they're available, and I
> > hope that others will as well, but in practice we are putting our faith
> > in a large number of contributors, some of whom might not be so careful.
> 
> I do the same when signatures are available.  I couldn’t find this
> recommendation in “contributing.texi” — should we add it there?

To me, it seems that the manual section Packaging Guidelines is a better
fit.

But, we tend to recommend people read Contributing, but rarely do I see
Packaging Guidelines recommended. I suppose it's assumed they will find
it themselves.

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