On 20/05/2018 12:11, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > I don't think breaking backwards-compability is an all-or-nothing question. > > IMO, it is important to still be able to decrypt old data. On the other > hand one wants sane, secure use with current data. > The functionality needed to decrpyt old files should still be there. > Possibly hidden behind some new option, if that helps security for > typical users. > > If my mail client will no longer be able to display some old encrypted > message, that's ok. But I should be still able to read that message by > invoking GPG from the command-line with suitable options. > > Philipp >
I must agree with this. Absolutely losing a decryption ability that many people clearly do still require is not a sensible path, but putting 'legacy decryption' ability behind a brand new option that requires some kind of active change by users who do need it is a reasonable and sensible compromise imo. In short, it is not necessary to entirely remove the ability to decrypt legacy-encrypted data to have the effect of deprecating its use. -- Mark Rousell PGP public key: http://www.signal100.com/markr/pgp Key ID: C9C5C162
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