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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2 09/11] glep-0063: Make recommended expiration terms mandatory
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:32:48
Message-Id: 1530887555.869.52.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2 09/11] glep-0063: Make recommended expiration terms mandatory by Marc Schiffbauer
1 W dniu pią, 06.07.2018 o godzinie 16∶21 +0200, użytkownik Marc
2 Schiffbauer napisał:
3 > * Kristian Fiskerstrand schrieb am 06.07.18 um 13:00 Uhr:
4 > > On 07/05/2018 05:37 PM, Marc Schiffbauer wrote:
5 > > > I have my primary key offline only, so renewing/editing it is a much
6 > > > more time consuming matter than if I had my primary key always with me
7 > > > which I consider a bad idea because you do not need to.
8 > >
9 > > But is it sufficiently time-consuming / difficult that it is a problem
10 > > to do it once a year? What do you do when certifying/signing other's UIDs?
11 >
12 > Well, at least its annoying. For me personally it might even be that I
13 > cannot commit to gentoo for some time when the key expired until I have
14 > the chance to update my primary key again.
15 >
16 > And "some time" being somthing between 1 day and several weeks as I am
17 > travelling a lot.
18 >
19
20 Again, we're talking about once a year. Nobody forces you to wait till
21 it's almost expired to do it. You can practically renew it for 2 more
22 years every time you have the opportunity.
23
24 --
25 Best regards,
26 Michał Górny

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