RFC on issue 2701, default expiration time for new keys

[Ximin Luo]

Peter Lebbing:
> On 09/12/16 14:55, Justus Winter wrote:
>> [...] 5) adds subkeys to an
>> existing key.  Both allow one to specify an expiration time (optional,
>> or '-' to explicitly select the default, or the key words 'never' and
>> 'none').  By default the keys generated using this way do not expire.
>> I'd like to change that as well.
> 
> What's the purpose of putting an expiry date on the subkeys? I thought
> this was mainly to deal with losing access to the private key material.
> Isn't that only relevant for the primary key?
> 

No, some people like to split their secret master keys and subkeys. You can do --export-secret-subkeys then selectively import the subkeys.

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