-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 7/14/2009 3:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > g wrote: >> David wrote: >> >>> Top post here on purpose. Hey g. Would you, could you, do me, and >>> others, a favor? Please? >>> >>> Either do as you are supposed to do when using GnuPG to sign your emails >>> >> >> there are no hard set 'rules' stating that one *has* to *publish* their >> *public keys*. >> >> > While there are no "hard set rules" on this, please have a look at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines#Do_not_use_a_PGP_Style_Signature_that_is_not_published. > > In the event this URL get mangled it reads: > > > Do not use a PGP Style Signature that is not published. > > Use of PGP or GnuPG signing is encouraged. However, if the corresponding > key is not published on a public keyserver, then the message will > cause all MUA's that are PGP aware to hang while they try all known > keyservers. This can take a long time and is not respectful of other > people's time. > > > So, it is in this mailing list's guidelines. It is your choice to > ignore the guidelines and it equally the choice, dare I say "right", of > others to become upset when guidelines are ignored. > > Since you seem to be using Thunderbird as your email client you may want > to consider using the Enigmail addon to assist you in following the > guidelines. It will allow you to pick when signatures are attached and, > assuming you wish to abide by the guidelines, you can omit the signature > when sending to this list with your aversion to placing your public key > on a keyserver. > > All that being said.... I don't experience the delays noted above since > I do use Enigmail but I don't have the "automatic" download of public > keys enabled. People could do the same so as not to be annoyed by your > practice...but that seems a bit drastic to ask/expect others to alter > their ways to eliminate an avoidable annoyance that is expressly > pointed out in the guidelines. Thank you for that clarification on the signing practices guidelines for this list Ed. I have not signed before mostly because I did not want to offend anyone. Since signing with a published public key is encouraged I will start with this one. Come to think of it many of the Fedora and Red Hat 'folks' sign their posts. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkpcoZYACgkQrItTyWRhT1Z6GACgmYHx/JCIv5QkESF7xkFEJhWX TVYAn0rZd0B+xH+gv+2iq9Yat4WPvopF =pTNs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
