name field restriction when creating key

[steve (GPGTools)]

Dear all,

we've recently noticed that gnupg imposes some interesting restrictions on the name field when creating a key. The name can either be empty or must have a minimum of 5 characters. Since that strikes us as kind of odd, we were wondering if someone could shed some light on why it was implemented this way.

We're thinking of removing this restriction in GPG Keychain (by using the --batch option) and also wanted to make sure that the removal doesn't cause any potential incompatibilities or other problems.

Best,

Steve
GPGTools
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