x488 vs all other : keyid flip

Bruce Walzer bwalzer at 59.ca
Thu Apr 18 17:26:39 CEST 2024


On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 01:53:59PM +0200, Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:43, Christian Sommer said:
> 
> > I indeed choose to preset the "with-fingerprint" option in my
> > gpg.conf. By removing it, listing my keys give back the full 64
> > character long fingerprint of my X448 key.
> 
> We once agreed that it is better to show a shortened fingerprint for
> human consumption.  However, the mahine interface (--woth-colons) always
> provides the full fingerprint.
> 
> Further it seems that most users appreciate the non-formatted
> fingerprint because that makes it easier to copy+paste.

Perhaps things that accept key fingerprints should ignore anything
other than hex digits?

Bruce



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