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On 12/4/2024 at 7:36 AM, "Guillem Jover" 
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<span style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:150%;"><br><br><di=
v class=3D"hush-quoting-section">On 12/4/2024 at 7:36 AM, "Guillem Jover" &=
lt;guillem=3D40hadrons.org@dmarc.ietf.org<blockquote class=3D"hush-quote" s=
tyle=3D"border-left:solid 1px #ccc;margin-left:10px;padding-left:10px;"><br=
>I think common extensions are =C2=AB.asc=C2=BB, =C2=AB.sig=C2=BB, =C2=AB.p=
gp=C2=BB and then the<br>unfortunately very prevalent =C2=AB.gpg=C2=BB (whi=
ch seems rather wrong, as it<br>encodes a vendor-specific name into what sh=
ould be an implementation<br>neutral data file).<br><br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>=
. pgp is also a vendor-specific name, but is historical well entrenched in =
common usage.&nbsp; So is . gpg<br><br>It would be a backward compatibility=
 nightmare to abolish this for a new extension.&nbsp;<br><br>There is a sim=
ilar issue in medicine, where the term 'anemia' is used for low red blood c=
ell count, when it technically means 'no blood at all'. There are other exa=
mples.&nbsp;<br><br>The conclusion was, that if there is no confusion as to=
 what the term is used for, then it should be left as is.&nbsp;<br><br>The =
same may apply to Open Pgp.&nbsp;<br>If it is clear to everyone what the ex=
tension is, and how to use it, then just leave it alone.&nbsp;<br><br>Vedaa=
l&nbsp;<br><br><br></blockquote></div></span></span>
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