GPGTools/Libmacgpg — comment on commit 7eb7f66b18832ac15d43106942d8ea5de4023208
File: Source/GPGController.m line 2163
By Mento:

No. It is here because auto-key-retrieve makes some problem with hanging software (e.g. Mail with GPGMail).
If a software want the gpg.conf behavior it need to set this manually.