Phil Pennock wrote: > On 2012-10-25 at 15:50 -0500, John Clizbe wrote: >> Kristian and I were discussing this exact item yesterday. From my reading of >> [1], I think 16-digit key IDs should be returned in the mr index. I /think/ >> Kristian may also be thinking that way. > > ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------ > <keyid> = this is either the fingerprint or the key ID of the > key. Either the 16-digit or 8-digit key IDs are > acceptable, but obviously the fingerprint is best. A > keyserver should use the most specific of the key IDs > that it has available. Since it is not possible to > calculate the key ID from a V3 key fingerprint, for V3 > keys this should be either the 16-digit or 8-digit > key ID only. > ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------ > > That text seems reasonable. Is there any software other than GnuPG > which is checking the output?
dunno
> I'm inclined to agree with the text, regard 16-digit as a fallback for
> old keys, and otherwise use the full fingerprint, which reduces the
> potential for collision further.
>
>> &fingerprint=on works in the normal (v)index code. Not in the mr index code
>> yet.
>
> Unless the idea is to say "16 bit unless you ask for fingerprint" ?
s/bit/digit/. Yes, that's what I'm thinking.
An alternate approach, which impacts client code, would be a separate fpr
line. Don't like that one much.
> Changing the two '8's to constants, defined as 16, is certainly an easy
> fix. :)
Changing the ~short:true to ~short:false in mRindex only affects the call of
Fingerprint.keyid_to_string, not potentially all the other uses of it.
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