hi, Am Donnerstag, 11. September 2025, 05:54:44 CEST schrieb Matt Borja via Gnupg- devel: > But we also have to remember that it’s ultimately the standard we’re most > concerned with and need to be conformed to, not a specific implementation.
actually, the schism does cut deeper than that. when we say "OpenPGP" today, unfortunately, it is no longer "the standard" it used to be for many years. the conflict lines weren't just about implementation, but about the evolution of that standard itself. at a certain point, the direction this discussion took was seen as so wrong by the GnuPG devs that they felt it pointless to try and hold on to what was about to be named "OpenPGP" in the future. they took what was originally discussed to become the new OpenPGP standard (a stable but necessary update without disruptive changes), and named it "LibrePGP". in that sense, LibrePGP is actually a fully compatible evolution of the old OpenPGP standard, while the new OpenPGP standard breaks continuity at certain points. it's a paradox, but if you want to continue to support what used to be OpenPGP in the past, you would now need to abandon OpenPGP and support LibrePGP instead. it's a bit like when an established brand is bought by another company that uses it to sell products that do not continue to uphold what made the brand in the first place. it would have been a much better and more transparent decision if LibrePGP had been the updated OpenPGP standard as was originally planned, and the disruptive, new standard would have been given its own new name. if you want to go into the details, there's a homepage explaining all of it: https://librepgp.org it is true what has been written here before, that compatibility and stability are values held up high by GnuPG. it is a pitty that it came to this. it wasn't necessary to be this nasty and painful a process. disclaimer: i do work for g10 code/GnuPG. but i joined the company long after this conflict emerged and had no part in that. but i do admit that personally, i do find the arguments for LibrePGP much more compelling. viele grüße :: m.eik
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