Linux Firmware Update Utility Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression for Future Releases

The devs are also considering enforcing signed commits in an attempt to prevent supply chain issues like the XZ backdoor.

Edit: note for downvotes: I understand some of you disagree with the need for a switch. However, are you downvoting the news itself (i.e. shooting the messenger?)

  • mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org
    9·
    7 months ago

    I thought major software devs used signed commits. I don’t have that much git experience and I have everything gpg signed even since the first repo I did.

    This makes me question a lot of software.

    • GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.caOP
      11·
      7 months ago

      They do. They did. What do you do when a ‘good guy’ is really a bad guy? Happens outside of software too. Someone inserts themselves into an organization while secretly working against its interests.

      Here’s a good summary. However, you should read a few articles - plenty have been going around, including on Lemmy.