And maybe some (or all) of it should go in the FAQ, but i'll let Robert (who maintains the FAQ, iirc) weigh in on that.
I feel as if I should apologize in advance here, because this is going to be a little bit ranty -- Daniel is making a good point, though, and any incoherent fist-shaking at the universe that I may do is definitely not directed at him.
The GnuPG community is prone to bikeshedding on a truly mind-blowing scale. It often seems to me that although there's general consensus on 90% of a subject, nobody can quite agree on what that 90% is. If I present a ten-step process as being a good practice, I can rely on the vast majority of opinions being "this seems pretty good on these nine points, but this tenth one absolutely has to go because it's wrong wrong wrong" -- and no agreement whatsoever on which nine points are good and which tenth one must go.
Further, there is an unfortunate subset of the community that believes it has a monopoly on truth and that any disagreement is Jeoparding The Security Of The Entire Internet -- I capitalize that phrase because their emails to me often have that sense to them, as if every word was being emphasized just to make sure that I "got it".
For that reason I'm generally not all that fond of weighing in on certain subjects, because they are so phenomenally divisive and generate so much more heat than light. (Case in point: PGP/MIME, which resulted in *so* much flamefesting in my inbox that rather than give a single answer on the subject I threw up my hands, said "to hell with it," and the FAQ entry basically says "whatever you think, half the community will say you're wrong.")
Anyway: yes, this probably does warrant a FAQ entry, and I'll do my best to make changes and send Werner a revised version. Look for it by the end of the week. It may take a bit longer, depending on how quickly Amazon is able to ship me a new pair of asbestos longjohns...
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