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[Todd Denniston <todd.denniston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When I went to verify the signature on a libmodbus download I had just gotten, I realized that I did not have the public key to use against the asc file.
Stéphane's key (8636C7AE) happened to not be up on http://pgp.mit.edu/  and I thought that it had to be something with your architecture of launchpad.net that caused the signatures to be applied, so I tried searching launchpad for info.
The FAQ https://help.launchpad.net/FAQ does not have any info about getting keys.
https://help.launchpad.net/FindPage?action=fullsearch&titlesearch=1&value=gpg
returns 0 info.
https://help.launchpad.net/FindPage?action=fullsearch&titlesearch=1&value=pgp
returns only pages for project leaders on how they are to get their keys into launchpad and then use them for uploading content.

https://help.launchpad.net/ImportingYourOpenPGPKey?action=show
was at least useful because by showing how leaders are to upload their keys, a knowledgeable user can reverse the process and get a key.


Suggestions:
1) after creating a page telling users how to get keys, put a link in the FAQ.
2) make a page similar to https://help.launchpad.net/ImportingYourOpenPGPKey?action=show for users and link to it from the FAQ.

it should include topics like:
+What is this asc file and why would I want it?
+Now how do I get the keys to use with this asc file?
  which should include a link to http://pgp.mit.edu/
  as well as how to use keyserver.ubuntu.com, i.e.,
  gpg  --recv-keys 8636C7AE --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
  or to stick with the theme in ImportingYourOpenPGPKey
  gpg  --recv-keys 12345678 --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
+OK, so why should I trust keyserver.ubuntu.com?

** Affects: launchpad-documentation
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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there is no page describing key retrieval for using asc files.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206137
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