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(In reply to Adrian Johnson from comment #80)
> (In reply to Albert Astals Cid from comment #70)
> > For the pdfsigverify it seems we kind of agreeed on the compromise to call
> > it pdfsig that only does verification right now but in the future may
> > suppport signing?
> 
> This is the only thing left that I think needs fixing before the initial
> release. A couple of questions:
> 
> - Given that we want to keep the option open for using pdfsig to perform
> other signature operations, should the default behavior when only a pdf file
> is specified be to verify the signature? Or should we just indicate whether
> the pdf is signed and use an option to enable verification?

I think defaulting to verification makes sense as the "non destructive
thing to do".

> - Is '-c' the best option name for "don't perform certificate
validation"?

Honestly i don't think spending much time on discussing the option name
makes much sense, we just need to document it properly and that's it.

> 
> We also need a man page.

Yep.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085526

Title:
  ubuntu pdf doc viewer will not let me sign a document

Status in Poppler:
  Confirmed
Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Just updated in last few weeks, i think ubuntu 12.4

  To sign the document i have to send it to my neighbors windows
  computer, open it, sign it, then send it, then I get a note from echo
  sign that the document was sent with my signature.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-27.44-generic 3.0.45
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-27-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Nov 30 18:13:25 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-11-18 (12 days ago)

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