-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/13/2010 05:38 AM, David Shaw wrote: > On 07/13/2010 09:54 AM, Karel Klic wrote: > >> several users of Emacs and one user of Vim complained in rhbz#574406 [1] >> that they can no longer use their editor to open and edit gpg-encrypted >> files in Fedora 13. >> >> The reason is that GnuPG 1.4 was deprecated after Fedora 12 release, and >> GnuPG 2 was introduced to replace it. However, GnuPG 2 is not entirely >> compatible with GnuPG 1.4. >> >> I looked at GnuPG 2 and it seems that it would be very difficult to >> modify Emacs and Vim to support it. GnuPG 2 does not allow to enter a >> password using shell -- it needs entire terminal (as it uses ncurses >> program pinentry-curses). >> Text editors can use only shell to send a password to GnuPG. >> >> What about reviving GnuPG 1.4? It is maintained, secure, supported, and >> its integration into text editors is used extensively and works well. It >> can live alongside GnuPG 2. > > No disagreement here in that GnuPG (of whatever version) should work with > Emacs and vim. That should be fixed. However, as a GnuPG developer, I'd > like to suggest another reason for keeping both GnuPG 1.x and 2.x: although > there is significant overlap, they're not really aimed at the same problem. > 1.x is aimed at servers where its "all in one" construction simplifies > things, or in embedded systems or other places where space is tight. Some > people also prefer the smaller and more easily reviewed code base and thus > use 1.x as their "desktop" GnuPG. The version numbering is unfortunate in > that it suggests that 2.x replaces 1.x, but in reality, the 1.x branch is a > maintained product on its own. > > 1.x and 2.x are designed to be able to be installed together if necessary > (note that the upstream code generates a binary named "gpg2" - the "gpg" > binary in F13 is due to a local patch). This was done very well in F11. >
This is why I'm so surprised to see gpg be deprecated in f13. Upstream is supporting both and the manpage even indicates that the binary should be gpg2. I don't see any reason for it to have been removed in f13, and am willing to help maintain it. I've been a pgp and gpg user since the early 90's, I attempted to port pgp to the Atari ST (unsuccessfully I should note :) ) at one time. - -- Brian C. Lane <b...@redhat.com> Red Hat / Port Orchard, WA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBTDyONxF+jBaO/jp/AQIIbwf/dP0Vs740iJUke+0nAYXE3OO0Gwe6SHFm kfMdGUAwNrRTIwSiwMkGrQNtOQN7XlbG2fkBVcyt4SWgRBJPDlRIXZgWRwjxfw7l mptTwmhshhuwQjGS0mfaZJ1X1WF6voYwLxoOIMDEMB9d8+SP+4vFq22obkEqjU3w RJUpSW2XJR9JCv6O8yQbBK2PbC++LIM4lJcmifBFLh1u2KjsuyejBMz4iL/ieCam aO9fexC2y38hq9FPmQeyQdtUaak+z8vIEA6ZgHFqLxuCMUl3nlDE70kq4CnDDnz4 9gIhfWxWSc0lSQdW7UzU1eD9YNSNz7Q1IU4jx+aMcsbIi2eTQjdc5w== =Vdl1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
