jira-importer commented on issue #430: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-apache-parent/issues/430#issuecomment-2771722964
**[Christopher Tubbs](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=ctubbsii)** commented Publishing a public key to a keyserver is never required, but it's advised, because that's how others know how to encrypt messages to you. The reason these preferences are stored inside the public key, and should be published to a keyserver, is because this communicates to others how you would prefer to receive messages encrypted with your public key. The key preferences used are the **recipient's** keys. In the case of a signature, the "recipient" is you (because you are using your private key to encrypt, the recipient is persons holding your public key), so it uses the key preferences in your key. I don't know if that's the best explanation, but it's what helped me understand what GPG was doing. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
