Kleopatra: "change validity" dialog shows unreasonable default for extension
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• ebo
May 5 2023, 2:29 PM
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In the "change validity" dialog "valid until" suggests either the current expiry date of a key or the current date (if the key is already expired or has no expiry date yet).

To make key extension into a 1-click option, a reasonable date should be suggested.

Please change the value to current date + default expiry period. For currently expired keys it should follow that rule, too.

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• ebo triaged this task as High priority.Jun 5 2023, 5:43 PM

The current date should be avoided even if explicitly chosen, on the command line the earliest allowed date is tomorrow.

• ikloecker changed the task status from Open to Testing.Jun 23 2023, 5:52 PM
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The proposed new expiration date is now the same as for the generation of new certificates, i.e. today + configured default validity.

Note: If the default validity is shorter than the remaining validity of a key, then Kleopatra still proposes the earlier end of validity.

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works as described