what is "correct" for users' Preferred keyserver ?

[MichaelQuigley at TheWay.Org]

"Gnupg-users" <gnupg-users-bounces at gnupg.org> wrote on 08/14/2014 02:19:20 
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> ----- Message from David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> on Thu, 14 Aug
> 2014 07:47:36 -0400 -----
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> Re: what is "correct" for users' Preferred keyserver ?
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> Perhaps the problem here is not the option, but the behavior on 
> failure.  If querying the preferred keyserver does not return a 
> response during a refresh (for whatever reason), maybe GPG should 
> continue on and try to get the key from the standard --keyserver 
location.
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> After all, it's a "preferred" keyserver.  Not an "exclusive" keyserver.
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> David
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How about triggering a prompt to ask the user if they want to try the 
standard --keyserver location?

Just a thought . . .
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