[arch-general] aur/solr: Unknown PGP key

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.co.uk
Mon Jul 30 16:24:24 UTC 2018


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.

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Cheers, Ralph.
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