pixelfed proof doesn't work on pixelfed.de due to BIO character limitation #4

meliache commented 2022年04月10日 23:22:21 +02:00

According to the pixelfed instructions, have to paste the following snippet to my BIO:

This is an OpenPGP proof that connects my OpenPGP key to this Pixelfed account. For details check out https://docs.keyoxide.org/advanced/openpgp-proofs/
[Verifying my OpenPGP key: openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT]

I'm on the pixelfed.de instance and there I get the following error message when I do so:

The bio may not be greater than 125 characters.

Not sure if that's only the case in their instance and server version or also the case across other versions.

Obviously it's a limitation of having to hijack the bio. I was thinking about adding the keyoxide proof under my existing bio, but with the character limitation there's no way that there's place for that.

According to the pixelfed instructions, have to paste the following snippet to my BIO: ``` This is an OpenPGP proof that connects my OpenPGP key to this Pixelfed account. For details check out https://docs.keyoxide.org/advanced/openpgp-proofs/ [Verifying my OpenPGP key: openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT] ``` I'm on the pixelfed.de instance and there I get the following error message when I do so: > The bio may not be greater than 125 characters. Not sure if that's only the case in their instance and server version or also the case across other versions. Obviously it's a limitation of having to hijack the bio. I was thinking about adding the keyoxide proof under my existing bio, but with the character limitation there's no way that there's place for that.

yarmo commented 2022年04月14日 14:27:42 +02:00

Didn't know there was a character limit on some instances. Could you try with just openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT? The docs probably shouldn't ask for the whole message to be added to the bio.

Didn't know there was a character limit on some instances. Could you try with just `openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT`? The docs probably shouldn't ask for the whole message to be added to the bio.

meliache commented 2022年09月05日 16:25:55 +02:00

A shorter message works, including just a openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT string that you suggested. The default BIO message in the keyoxide pixelfed decs still exceeds the 125 character limit on of pixelfed.de, so I would add a comment to the docs, something like

Note

: Some pixelfed instances like pixelfed.de have character limit for the Bio, so feel free to shorten the Bio message as long as it contains openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT.

At the moment I use the 124 character BIO:

The following keyoxide.org proof connects my PGP key to this account:
[openpgp4fpr:546908C782383AD0E7D894EC1B8F95C8125DCE31]

(Sorry for being unresponsive on this issue for a long time, I'm not really active on codeberg except when I have an issue with a package hosted here and somehow I missed the notifications and this got forgotten until I logged in for an issue with another repository hosted here).

A shorter message works, including just a `openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT` string that you suggested. The default BIO message in the keyoxide pixelfed decs still exceeds the 125 character limit on of pixelfed.de, so I would add a comment to the docs, something like > **Note**: Some pixelfed instances like pixelfed.de have character limit for the Bio, so feel free to shorten the Bio message as long as it contains `openpgp4fpr:FINGERPRINT`. At the moment I use the 124 character BIO: > The following keyoxide.org proof connects my PGP key to this account: > [openpgp4fpr:546908C782383AD0E7D894EC1B8F95C8125DCE31] (Sorry for being unresponsive on this issue for a long time, I'm not really active on codeberg except when I have an issue with a package hosted here and somehow I missed the notifications and this got forgotten until I logged in for an issue with another repository hosted here).

yarmo commented 2022年09月05日 18:47:55 +02:00

Sorry for being unresponsive on this issue for a long time

Been there, no worries.

The default BIO message in the keyoxide pixelfed decs still exceeds the 125 character limit on of pixelfed.de

Currently working on a big documentation overhaul, so I'll make sure to include this. In any case, I will no longer suggest people write that whole message, the fingerprint is sufficient.

> Sorry for being unresponsive on this issue for a long time Been there, no worries. > The default BIO message in the keyoxide pixelfed decs still exceeds the 125 character limit on of pixelfed.de Currently working on a big documentation overhaul, so I'll make sure to include this. In any case, I will no longer suggest people write that whole message, the fingerprint is sufficient.

vladimyr commented 2024年06月11日 08:52:40 +02:00

@yarmo wrote:

Currently working on a big documentation overhaul, so I'll make sure to include this. In any case, I will no longer suggest people write that whole message, the fingerprint is sufficient.

Closing this one since the docs overhaul was completed a long time ago and since we don't recommend adding verbose snippet to the bio/description anymore (see https://docs.keyoxide.org/service-providers/pixelfed/). 🎉

@yarmo wrote: > Currently working on a big documentation overhaul, so I'll make sure to include this. In any case, I will no longer suggest people write that whole message, the fingerprint is sufficient. Closing this one since the docs overhaul was completed a long time ago and since we don't recommend adding verbose snippet to the bio/description anymore (see <https://docs.keyoxide.org/service-providers/pixelfed/>). 🎉