On 04.02.15 23:28, Doug Barton wrote: > On 2/4/15 1:21 PM, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> On 04.02.15 21:21, Doug Barton wrote: >>> On 2/4/15 9:13 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >>>> We recently discussed in (a part of) the Enigmail team that we >>>> should think about giving up support for GnuPG 1.4.x. >>>> >>>> Reasons: * GnuPG 2.0 was released in November 2006; it has proven >>>> for a long time to be stable. * While GnuPG 1.4 still makes sense >>>> on embedded devices and computers with limited resources, this >>>> does not hold anymore for today's PCs. * We still have quite a >>>> lot of GnuPG 1.4-specific code, and maintenance of Enigmail is >>>> more complex with more versions of GnuPG (e.g. password handling >>>> / bug 287). >> >>> My knee-jerk reaction is that we're not yet at the point where 1.x >>> usage has dropped sufficiently to warrant this change, >> >> There may have been some misunderstanding. > > Nope, I understood the timeline perfectly. :) There are still a lot of > Linux distros that use 1.x by default, and that is not going to change > any time in the next several years. > >>> but before I cast a "No" vote (for whatever that's worth) I'm >>> curious as to how much more complex development efforts are due to >>> the 1.x code? >> >> Passphrase handling in Enigmail itself - necessary for gnupg 1.4 - is >> a provisional solution and has a hard to catch and ugly bug >> (https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/287/) > > Doesn't actually answer my question. :) Put a different way, what > percentage of Enigmail developer time is spent addressing issues that > only affect GnuPG 1.x? And perhaps more importantly, what is the > opportunity cost of leaving the code in? What good/new/exciting things > will not be able to happen if the 1.x code is not removed?
The question is not so much the effort - you won't get a figure from me. The main concern is code complexity, which makes things hard to read, understand, develop, improve or fix. -Patrick _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
