[Bug 1782641] [NEW] Request: Rename "ubuntu-keyring" package to "ubuntu-archive-keyring" for consistency with Debian

[Daniel Richard G.]

Public bug reported:

The package that Ubuntu calls "ubuntu-keyring" is present in Debian as
"ubuntu-archive-keyring".

Debian has separate "debian-keyring" and "debian-archive-keyring"
packages, described as follows:

    d-k: GnuPG keys of Debian Developers and Maintainers
    d-a-k: GnuPG archive keys of the Debian archive

IMO this is a reasonable distinction, as the keys of
developers/maintainers are rarely needed by end users, and the d-k
package is significantly larger (on the order of 30 MB).

Thus, the current "ubuntu-keyring" package would be better named
"ubuntu-archive-keyring", not only so that the equivalent package has
the same name in both distros, but also to maintain the same distinction
between developer keys and archive keys. (Ubuntu could potentially
decide to ship a package containing Ubuntu developer keys in the future,
and it would be awkward if this needed to be named e.g. "ubuntu-devel-
keyring" or the like.)

** Affects: ubuntu-keyring (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Request: Rename "ubuntu-keyring" package to "ubuntu-archive-keyring"
  for consistency with Debian

Status in ubuntu-keyring package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The package that Ubuntu calls "ubuntu-keyring" is present in Debian as
  "ubuntu-archive-keyring".

  Debian has separate "debian-keyring" and "debian-archive-keyring"
  packages, described as follows:

      d-k: GnuPG keys of Debian Developers and Maintainers
      d-a-k: GnuPG archive keys of the Debian archive

  IMO this is a reasonable distinction, as the keys of
  developers/maintainers are rarely needed by end users, and the d-k
  package is significantly larger (on the order of 30 MB).

  Thus, the current "ubuntu-keyring" package would be better named
  "ubuntu-archive-keyring", not only so that the equivalent package has
  the same name in both distros, but also to maintain the same
  distinction between developer keys and archive keys. (Ubuntu could
  potentially decide to ship a package containing Ubuntu developer keys
  in the future, and it would be awkward if this needed to be named e.g.
  "ubuntu-devel-keyring" or the like.)

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