Apache Lucene 5.3.0 release KEYS: missing key 3FCFDB3E - apache

I am trying to install Apache Lucene 5.3.0 (from source). The mirror sites provide lucene-5.3.0-src.tgz and lucene-5.3.0-src.tgz.asc (the signature file), however the latter is using RSA key ID 3FCFDB3E which is not contained in the KEYS file (which is also provided).
$ gpg --verify ./lucene-5.3.0-src.tgz.asc
gpg: assuming signed data in `./lucene-5.3.0-src.tgz'
gpg: Signature made 2015-08-17T13:35:34 CEST using RSA key ID 3FCFDB3E
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
The issue seems to be affecting multiple sites. What should the fingerprint be? Why is the key not included in the KEYS file?

It seems that the key of Paul Noble is what you're looking for, having fingerprint
CFCE 5FBB 920C 3C74 5CEE E084 C38F F5EC 3FCF DB3E
The key is rather new (a bunch of weeks old).
You cannot be really sure whether he's permitted to release for Apache Lucene, nor that the key actually belongs to him.
A short Google survey at least indicates several contributions to free software, and also the Linux kernel, but this should not be considered trustworthy without further analysis. There are also no incoming certifications that could be used to verify the key through the web of trust.
I'd recommend to get in touch with Apache, possibly on the Lucene mailing list, and query the developers how to verify the release based on what trust assumptions. And indicate there's something wrong which they should change (eg., include the key in the KEYS file).

the policies around where KEYS files are "published" for the lucene project is kind of confusing, compounded by the use of id.apache.org -> people.apache.org and it's automatic generation of a KEYS file for each project committee based on their current keys. some backstory here...
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-5143
The current policy is that each new Lucene/Solr release publishes a snapshot of all the current keys, so for 5.3.0 that would be here...
https://www.apache.org/dist/lucene/java/5.3.0/KEYS
...but the older "non version specific" keys files are still available - notably for verifying older versions of software in the archives that may predate the current policy.
You can always see the list of all "active" keys for a given apache project/user using http://people.apache.org/keys/
http://people.apache.org/keys/group/lucene.asc

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I was able to figure this all out. Here are the answers to my three questions:
This was the correct assumption.
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How do you transition from MD5 authentication to SHA1 for NTP?

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Then you can use different types of message digest algorithms supported by OPENSSL. This is a link which explains configuring ntp key file.
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The keys to be used for generating the digest will be present under
/etc/ntp/keys . This path should be added to /etc/ntp.conf file to specify that this is the keys file.
The structure of the entry in the file will be
This is an example of the keys file
You can mention the keytype as "SHA1" to use SHA1 authentication.
Further details about the length of the digest and keys can be found here:
https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/authentic.html
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But when i try to run on iPhone,it says "There are no valid certificate/private key pairs in the default keychain".
I have also set bundle identifier name correctly in info.plist,but what am i doing wrong?
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Should the code be signed
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How do other people manage this?
It depends on how secure you want your private key to be, it might not be something that you want a temporary employee with source access to have full access to.
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"Test sign" binaries as part of our daily builds with a checked in key. This requires a test root certificate to be on machines in order to trust the binaries, but they will not be trusted if the bits are deployed outside the company.
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I can tell you how I've see this being done in a big corp. Individual developers could build the code, but they could not sign it. That would be a private build. Contiguos integration machine would drop nightly builds signed with a key stored on the build machine keystore, which would be a test key signed by a corporate certificate authority (ie. a key trusted only within the corp). The official build could be signed only by controlled machines with the official, global trusted authority signed, signature key stored in hardware modules in controled access room.
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