This is indeed an issue, since from the web of trust perspective, a user
should trust the key itself only if it is "valid".

By setting "trust" in a key, you actually only trust keys signed by that
key.

See: http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/faqs.en.html#q4.7

I've commented on this more detailed, upstream:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571688#c2

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a key is put in "trusted keys" without it is signed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328735
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