On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:12, aaron.topo...@gmail.com said: > So, if the system can be improved by removing support for PGP2, which > includes cleaning up code, squashing bugs, and tightening security, then > why is it still around? 20 years later?
Because you still want to be able to decrypt your 20 year old files. Meanwhile this is even legally possible due to the expiration of the IDEA patent. We probably need to keep this kind of support for all time. Keeping the ability to encrypt using v3 keys will likely be removed in one of the next GnuPG versions. I don't have an answer to your actual question. The reason might be that there are a few load voices who tell everyone that they need IDEA and v3 keys to save the world. I don't understand it. However, it is often easier to allow people to shoot into their feet than spending a lot of time with fruitless discussions. BTW, removing the v3 support will not make the code magically less complex. Removing mature code may actually introduce more bugs than keeping it. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
