Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update maintainer-pgp-guide for latest best practices

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On Tue, 2025-09-02 at 11:44 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Freshen up the maintainer PGP guide:
> 
> - Bump minimum GnuPG version requirement from 2.2 to 2.4, since 2.2 is
>   no longer maintained
> - All major hardware tokens now support Curve25519, so remove outdated
>   ECC support callouts
> - Update hardware device recommendations (Nitrokey Pro 2 -> Nitrokey 3)
> - Broaden backup media terminology (USB thumb drive -> external media)
> - Update wording to follow vale's linter recommendations
> - Various minor wording improvements for clarity
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In the last couple of months I moved my private keys onto a new Yubikey device,
mostly following the kernel maintainer PGP guide. I read through the guide, and
some other sources [1] [2] [3], in detail before I started. So I think I'm well
placed to review these changes. They LGTM!

Reviewed-by: Paul Barker <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>

[1]: https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide
[2]: https://support.yubico.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013790259-Using-Your-YubiKey-with-OpenPGP
[3]: https://github.com/lfit/itpol/blob/master/protecting-code-integrity.md

-- 
Paul Barker

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