Uploading 'OpenPGP key' help is incorrect (+editpgpkeys)

[Brett Alton]

In https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editpgpkeys, it states:

# Ensure you already have a key. In a terminal window, enter:

gpg --list-keys <email address hidden>

If you have no key, create one:

gpg --gen-key

# Ensure the key has been uploaded to a keyserver. To do this:

gpg --send-key key-id

# Enter your key fingerprint. Use:

gpg --fingerprint key-id

Fingerprint: [_____________________________________________]
Example: 27E0 7815 B47C 0397 90D5 8589 27D9 A27B F3F9 6058

Launchpad will e-mail <your_email> with instructions on finishing the process.

Yet https://help.launchpad.net/ImportingYourOpenPGPKey is quite different and more verbose. Can we link +editpgpkeys with that page or add more content to +editgpgkeys because you simple can not follow those instructions to upload a pgp key.

[Diogo Matsubara (matsubara)]

Displaying a link to ImportingYourOpenPGPKey guide in the +editpgpkeys is a good idea. Thanks!

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

Besides, the send-key part is plain wrong and doesn't work.

gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 12345678

is what it says on the wiki, but the necessary --keyserver part is left out in the LP documentation. Maybe some previous ubuntu version had a default keyserver already set up, but my Jaunty installation does not have it.

[mac.ryan (macryan)]

Mi addition is so trivial I decided to add it here rather than opening a new bug.

When trying to sign the ubuntu code of conduct, it takes time (ca. 10 minutes) for launchpad to realise a new key has been uploaded on the server. So, when following the instructions (which points towards a "direct query" to the server that answers positively) the user can't understand what's going on and why the fingerprint is not accepted.

PROPOSAL: in the alert dialogue that shows on page reload, it should be added a "possible source of problem" something like "you have just uploaded your GPG public key. Please allow 10 minutes for launchpad to syncronise with the keyserver".

[Matthew Revell (matthew.revell)]

The original problem reported was fixed when I introduced new help for the editpgpkeys page.

However, I've added a note about the ten minute wait (re mac.ryan's comment) to the pop-up help.