Hi Eli,
Yes, clearly jumping down the throat of anyone who dares mention they use such an option is super useful, because "it's fair game, they mentioned the option".
Peter mentioned auto-key-retrieve and in return got Note, auto-key-retrieve means that any software automatically will retrieve new keys from the default keyserver. followed by a pertinent extract of a man page from Ralf. That isn't `jumping down the throat'.
Had this been the tone of conversation from the start I would have had no issues whatsoever.
It was Ralf's first post on the thread AFAICS.
This is entirely different from "omg someone uses auto-key-retrieve quickly let me rant about how it is evil".
There was no rant. When you asked why pointing out auto-key-retrieve's side effects were relevant, Ralf explained his reasoning and politely asked you to explain yours.
Some people make me more exasperated than others, usually when they make a trend of consistently unhelpful commentary.
Then perhaps user support isn't your forte? :-) Personally, for me, its those that won't learn to fish that annoy. -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy