Please reassign gpg key

I agree =)

Hi Dmitrijs,
as a matter of policy we no longer run SQL updates directly against the production database.
So I can file an appropriate bug report, can you please explain what you've tried, and why you've chosen this particular solution?

I gather the goal is to move your gpg key from account A to account B.
You can't simply remove it from one and thus re-enable it on another?

Cheers!
- Steve

Steve,

The UI does not permit removing GPG keys from persons, only flagging them as deactivated. (Which does not permit another person to register them.)

Whilst there may be some good reasons (e.g. audit trails) for this prohibition, it does mean there is no way for a real person realizing they need to divide their Launchpad identity to accomplish this, without LOSA SQL intervention.

I went through this process myself in https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/72929

Max,

I understand you may have gone through this process as well, we're just trying to push for a better solution than running manual SQL as that's something we're no longer happy to do as a matter of policy. If something is a valid request from a user, there should be a way of achieving it in the UI, or through a script that avoids running manual SQL.

Thanks, Tom

Tom,

Sure, I just mentioned the previous question to provide additional background to answering Steve's question of why this couldn't be done by the affected user themselves. I understand that running arbitrary SQL is awkward to support.

Max.

Launchpad needs a code change to support this.