[01:12] <tomreyn> hi! https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA states that "Launchpad generates a unique key for each PPA and uses it to sign any packages built in that PPA.".
[01:12] <tomreyn> are all Launchpad PPAs signed with 1024-bit RSA keys only? Is this still the default in 2017?
[01:14] <tomreyn> Can Launchpad users override the default key parameters? it would be good to initiate a campaign to move away from 1024 RSA-keys. And to set a much better default if this has not happened, yet.
[01:19] <tomreyn> On a different topic, https://launchpad.net/projects/+new points to https://staging.launchpad.net, which says "Uh oh! Something has gone wrong." I assume it should actually be pointing to http://qastaging.launchpad.net ?
[01:32] <tomreyn> On yet another topic, https://help.launchpad.net/Feedback points to http://identi.ca/launchpadstatus which has seen its latest update in april 2015 - this could be fine, but I suspect it should actually point to https://twitter.com/launchpadstatus ?
[01:35] <wgrant> tomreyn: New PPAs have received 4096R keys for some years now, but we haven't migrated old keys from 1024R yet (because migrating existing end-users is challenging)
[01:35] <wgrant> staging.launchpad.net is down for a while over the weekend while its database upgrades.
[01:36] <wgrant> identi.ca is pretty dead -- we've updated most links to point to Twitter, but apparently forgot that one.
[01:36]  * wgrant fixes.
[01:36] <tomreyn> okay, that's a relieve (about RSA key). i checked the PPAs i use on the ubuntu 16.04 i have here and they all got 1024-bit RSA keys
[01:37] <tomreyn> i understand that migrating off it would require user interaction. but it still seems very necessary.
[01:37] <wgrant> It's something we're likely to look at this year, so we can get it sorted before Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
[01:38] <tomreyn> that'd be greta (and very much about time)
[01:38] <tomreyn> i also understand that it's not strictly launchpad's job (as a platform or software) to initiate this, but rather that of the PPA maintainers (if they have a choice, not sure they do)
[01:40] <wgrant> Yeah, it's a slightly complicated situation.
[01:41] <tomreyn> thanks for your feedback and prompt response on this :)
[01:42] <wgrant> tomreyn: You can use qastaging in the meantime. staging probably won't be back for about 24h.
[01:42] <wgrant> Need to migrate it to its new fast DB servers soon...
[01:42] <tomreyn> ahem, i already do ;)