On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:08 AM, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> wrote:

> On 08/12/2014 11:27 PM, shm...@riseup.net wrote:
>> i've seen a multitude of ways people input data into this pref
>> 
>> for example, some people put a link to their public key .asc or .txt file
>> 
>> some others put a link to an actual keyserver
>> 
>> from the name of the actual pref, it states a keyserver, so shouldn't
>> users input a link to their Preferred keyserver and not a link to
>> download a public key or txt file ?
> 
> Please don't use this option, or encourage its use. It leads to the trap 
> described here:
> 
> https://dougbarton.us/PGP/stale-keyserver-url.html
> 
> which most users (even those few who update their keyrings) cannot figure out 
> how to escape.

Perhaps the problem here is not the option, but the behavior on failure.  If 
querying the preferred keyserver does not return a response during a refresh 
(for whatever reason), maybe GPG should continue on and try to get the key from 
the standard --keyserver location.

After all, it's a "preferred" keyserver.  Not an "exclusive" keyserver.

David


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