Re: moving user ID Comments to --expert mode
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 20:08:08 +, MFPA wrote: > IMHO, the comment field is firmly in the "you don't need this at all" > category. If Heinrich Heine really wants his UID to be > "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) " he can > type "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter)" in the name field and > "heinri...@duesseldorf.de" in the email address field. I *very* strongly agree with this sentiment. jamie. pgpncVJu4zsmt.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: moving user ID Comments to --expert mode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 3 February 2011 at 11:22:54 PM, in , Doug Barton wrote: > FWIW I would love to see the comment field moved to > expert mode since it rather clearly qualifies under the > "If you don't already know that you need this, you > don't need this" category IMHO, the comment field is firmly in the "you don't need this at all" category. If Heinrich Heine really wants his UID to be "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) " he can type "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter)" in the name field and "heinri...@duesseldorf.de" in the email address field. - -- Best regards MFPAmailto:expires2...@ymail.com Don't be silly, it's all "make believe" anyway -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQE7BAEBCgClBQJNTFy7nhSAAEAAVXNpZ25pbmdfa2V5X0lEIHNpZ25pbmdf a2V5X0ZpbmdlcnByaW50IEAgIE1hc3Rlcl9rZXlfRmluZ2VycHJpbnQgQThBOTBC OEVBRDBDNkU2OSBCQTIzOUI0NjgxRjFFRjk1MThFNkJENDY0NDdFQ0EwMyBAIEJB MjM5QjQ2ODFGMUVGOTUxOEU2QkQ0NjQ0N0VDQTAzAAoJEKipC46tDG5pIhsD/jrD L5wwQ+0lRULKUv49zIpDD/x2jWaWhDyJajpCeRuSDPgve/ZPHqazTcZIIfZhaacP A40WjS6bsPqCdwTliyhT1XwACU1FKT7dlvsR2F6Kh8gDhfV66T6oAS2ap0jfneuC yxC0Bn5Wq8e5yTw/kCWmrCjTpcXlq8o7rf9nBJiW =0Jv3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: moving user ID Comments to --expert mode
On Thursday 03 February 2011, Matthew James Goins wrote: > Personally I've never seen a comment that helped me identify the > owner of a key in a meaningful way. In my keyring there are several keys where the comment contains the date of birth (and in some cases even the place of birth) of the owner of the key. Regards, Ingo signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: moving user ID Comments to --expert mode
Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: > I'd like to propose that GnuPG only prompt the user for a "Comment" for > their User ID under --expert mode. I totally agree with this proposal. If someone wants to add a comment, they should be able to, but I believe that prompting for this on every key generation is a user interface mistake. micah ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: moving user ID Comments to --expert mode
On 02/04/2011 01:12 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > Many might nor know that > there is a help feature for every input field: Indeed, i had no idea that this was the case. Thanks for the tip. > but many more users are using a GUI for key generation and thus it is up > to the GUI to preset the comment field. For example GPA uses in > non-advanced mode a wizard dialog for key generation and that one does > not ask for comment. Yep, fixing the GUIs is a separate task, and i agree it's a worthwhile one. I'll take it up with the GUIs i encounter. > I don't have any strong feelings about this, however, here is my own > proposal: > > GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key. > > Real name: d > Email address: @ > You selected this USER-ID: > "d " > > Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? c > Comment: test key > You selected this USER-ID: > "d (test key) " > > Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? q This change in behavior sounds reasonable to me. > No expert option and no translation changes required, Some translation changes might still be worth doing; I would like to see the example User ID lose the comment (including "(Der Dichter)" in an english prompt is not helpful), and i think the wording should also be adjusted, since the User ID does not identify the key -- it identifies the user. But i'll happily pursue translation changes as a separate topic if we can do away with the Comment prompt by default. > The drawback is as with the --expert option: > we will receive bug reports like "I can't enter a comment anymore" ;-). i'm sure that's true :( We can point them at this discussion, though. Regards, --dkg signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
