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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At least this prevents impersonation of well-known publishers or their software

how?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That depends on the depth of the review, e.g. verifying the submitter is a member of the project, the software name does not conflict with a well known name,...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

verifying the submitter is a member of the project

That's a different requirement as far as i can tell (When you do that you get the "plus" sign next to the name on the store).

the software name does not conflict with a well known name,…

It should conflict, the point is that some random dude can create a package and people could use it.

They can review and check that the URL in the manifest used to build or install the package is from upstream, but that can later be changed, it would be better to have some system where you need to whitelist URL's i think.