2 noob problems

[Alex Mauer]

Neil Williams wrote:

> Keyservers don't delete signatures so every time you self-sign, it remains on 
> the keyserver. Deleting the signature once a key has been sent to a keyserver 
> is pointless because refreshing the key will always import all the old 
> signatures.
> 

What's the reasoning behind this?  Would it not be possible/logical for
the keyserver, or gpg's import process, to simply discard all but the
most recent signature from any single key?

-Alex Mauer "hawke"
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 374 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
Url : /pipermail/attachments/20050520/50912d78/signature.pgp