Re: auto-key-retrieve usefulness/annoyance

Teemu Likonen [2017-10-05 20:17:51+03] wrote: > Werner Koch [2017-10-05 09:00:18+02] wrote: >> I have exactly the same problem but I do it anwyat - there is not >> much we can do about it. The default timeout for such lookups are 2 >> seconds. You can lower this to one second using >> >>

Re: Redundant certificate in keyring

On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 09:12, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: > Somehow, this cert got introduced into my keyring twice. I don't know I assume you are hit by https://dev.gnupg.org/T3446 most likey because you used auto-key-retrieve with Enigmail. > There appears to be a bug in the keybox code;

Re: Generating a new keypair through GnuPG 2.x in Ubuntu 16.0.4

On 12/10/17 09:13, Werner Koch wrote: > And while you are already at it, you better > also update to gpg 2.2.1. There are just too many fixes and changes we > did since January 2016. I think Vedaal is just using the gnupg2 package provided by Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Re: Generating a new keypair through GnuPG 2.x in Ubuntu 16.0.4

On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:56, ved...@nym.hush.com said: > londo@londo-earth-trinket:~$ gpg2 --verbose --verbose --version > gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.11 > libgcrypt 1.6.5 > > Should I get the new Libcrypt? Yes, you should get 1.7. And while you are already at it, you better also update to gpg 2.2.1. There

Re: OT: FAQ and GNU

Hi Mario, > > You snipped the bit where I said "Linux" has two meanings in the > > English language depending on context. > > In the previous message you said “"Linux" can be the kernel or a > distro.”. "Linux" can be the kernel or a distro. Context makes this clear in the majority of

Re: Generating a new keypair through GnuPG 2.x in Ubuntu 16.0.4

On 12/10/17 11:09, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 12/10/17 09:13, Werner Koch wrote: >> And while you are already at it, you better >> also update to gpg 2.2.1. There are just too many fixes and changes we >> did since January 2016. > > I think Vedaal is just using the gnupg2 package provided by

Re: OT: FAQ and GNU

> The bulk of people use "Linux" to mean both terms, in casual and formal > speech and writing. You may as well try and insist we use "United > States of America" all the time instead of "America"; context alone > typically implies the intended meaning. It's tempting, but unfair, to call these

Re: OT: FAQ and GNU

Despite the bulk of your message, the only attempt at an argument is “English is an evolving language”. The rest is completely irrelevant. That English is a changing language is not a justification to misuse words. The word “Linux” meant a kernel when it was introduced to informatics and it still

Re: OT: FAQ and GNU

> The observation that one, some, many, or all people use a linguistic > construct in an incorrect way do not change the fact that it is > incorrect. It quite definitely does. Unlike, say, French or Icelandic, where there's an actual institution charged with the development of the language, the

Re: FAQ and GNU

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Tuesday 10 October 2017 at 8:30:40 PM, in , Mario Castelán Castro wrote:- > Would it be > correct to refer to > a car as an “engine”, because it includes an engine? It is usual in and

Re: OT: FAQ and GNU

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 10/12/17 18:50, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> The observation that one, some, many, or all people use a >> linguistic construct in an incorrect way do not change the fact >> that it is incorrect. > > It quite definitely does. This is silly. I am

Re: OT: FAQ and GNU

>>> The observation that one, some, many, or all people use a >>> linguistic construct in an incorrect way do not change the fact >>> that it is incorrect. > >> It quite definitely does. > > This is silly. I am flabbergasted at this assertion. Great: you learned something today! Read up on