Thank you for your efforts. Would it be possible with the next release to build also the python-2 & 3 bindings for Windows?
Best, Kostis Anagnostopoulos On 1 March 2017 at 20:27, Werner Koch <w...@gnupg.org> wrote: > Hello! > > The GnuPG team is pleased to announce the availability of a new release > of GnuPG: version 2.1.19. See below for a list of new features and bug > fixes. > > > About GnuPG > ============= > > The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a complete and free implementation > of the OpenPGP standard which is commonly abbreviated as PGP. > > GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign data and communication, features a > versatile key management system as well as access modules for public key > directories. GnuPG itself is a command line tool with features for easy > integration with other applications. A wealth of frontend applications > and libraries making use of GnuPG are available. As an Universal Crypto > Engine GnuPG provides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell in addition to > OpenPGP. > > There are two major flavours of GnuPG: > > - GnuPG 2.1 (dubbed "modern") comes with the latest features and is > suggested for most users. This announcement is about this branch. > > - GnuPG 2.0 is an older but widely used branch which we will maintain > until 2017-12-31. > > GnuPG is Free Software (meaning that it respects your freedom). It can > be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the GNU > General Public License. > > > Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19 > ==================================== > > * gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon > is not running. > > * gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private > key used for decryption. > > * gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug. > > * gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs. > > * scd: Support for multiple card readers. > > * scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker. Ticker is used > only when it is required to watch removal of device/card. > > * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal. > > * dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4. > > * dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of > Tor. > > * dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if > the option --use-tor is also used. > > * dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully. > > * dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools. The are only done > for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable". > > * dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes > of certificates. Load system provided certificates on startup. > Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE" > command. > > * dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library. > > * wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header. Fix detection of > Draft-2 mode. > > * The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support. > > * Many other bug fixes and new regression tests. > > A detailed description of the changes found in this 2.1 branch can be > found at <https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html>. > > > Getting the Software > ==================== > > Please follow the instructions found at <https://gnupg.org/download/> or > read on: > > GnuPG 2.1.19 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or > direct from its primary FTP server. The list of mirrors can be found at > <https://gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html>. Note that GnuPG is not > available at ftp.gnu.org. > > The GnuPG source code compressed using BZIP2 and its OpenPGP signature > are available here: > > https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 (6255k) > https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig > or here: > ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig > > An installer for Windows without any graphical frontend except for a > very minimal Pinentry tool is available here: > > https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe (3670k) > https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe.sig > or here > ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe > ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe.sig > > The source used to build the Windows installer can be found in the same > directory with a ".tar.xz" suffix. The Windows installer now comes with > TOFU support, many translations, support for Tor, and limited support > for HKPS and Web Key Directory. > > > Checking the Integrity > ====================== > > In order to check that the version of GnuPG which you are going to > install is an original and unmodified one, you can do it in one of > the following ways: > > * If you already have a version of GnuPG installed, you can simply > verify the supplied signature. For example to verify the signature > of the file gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 you would use this command: > > gpg --verify gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 > > This checks whether the signature file matches the source file. > You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and > made by one or more of the release signing keys. Make sure that > this is a valid key, either by matching the shown fingerprint > against a trustworthy list of valid release signing keys or by > checking that the key has been signed by trustworthy other keys. > See the end of this mail for information on the signing keys. > > * If you are not able to use an existing version of GnuPG, you have > to verify the SHA-1 checksum. On Unix systems the command to do > this is either "sha1sum" or "shasum". Assuming you downloaded the > file gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2, you run the command like this: > > sha1sum gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 > > and check that the output matches the next line: > > 10a088a6716789ac5c5cce2776952d8f4a5c57fc gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 > 2614462170937abae1293cf227cacfb1028a11d3 gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe > abcfb15a59abb2bf05e9182133df53e5c5666272 gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.tar.xz > > > Internationalization > ==================== > > This version of GnuPG has support for 26 languages with Chinese, Czech, > French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, and Ukrainian being almost > completely translated. Due to expected changes in forthcoming releases > some strings pertaining to the TOFU code are not yet translated. > > > Documentation > ============= > > If you used GnuPG in the past you should read the description of > changes and new features at doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt or online at > > https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html > > The file gnupg.info has the complete user manual of the system. > Separate man pages are included as well but they have not all the > details available as are the manual. It is also possible to read the > complete manual online in HTML format at > > https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/ > > or in Portable Document Format at > > https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg.pdf . > > The chapters on gpg-agent, gpg and gpgsm include information on how > to set up the whole thing. You may also want search the GnuPG mailing > list archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on > how to solve problems. Many of the new features are around for > several years and thus enough public knowledge is already available. > > You may also want to follow our postings at <https://gnupg.org/blob/> > and <https://twitter.com/gnupg>. > > > Support > ======== > > Please consult the archive of the gnupg-users mailing list before > reporting a bug <https://gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html>. > We suggest to send bug reports for a new release to this list in favor > of filing a bug at <https://bugs.gnupg.org>. If you need commercial > support check out <https://gnupg.org/service.html>. > > If you are a developer and you need a certain feature for your project, > please do not hesitate to bring it to the gnupg-devel mailing list for > discussion. > > Maintenance and development of GnuPG is mostly financed by donations. > The GnuPG project employs 4 full-time developers, one part-timer, and > one contractor. They all work exclusivly on GnuPG and closely related > software like Libgcrypt, GPGME, and GPA. Please consider to donate via: > > https://gnupg.org/donate/ > > > Thanks > ====== > > We have to thank all the people who helped with this release, be it > testing, coding, translating, suggesting, auditing, administering the > servers, spreading the word, answering questions on the mailing > lists, and donating money. > > > The GnuPG hackers, > > Andre, dkg, gniibe, Justus, Neal, and Werner > > > > p.s. > This is an announcement only mailing list. Please send replies only to > the gnupg-users'at'gnupg.org mailing list. > > p.p.s > List of Release Signing Keys: > > To guarantee that a downloaded GnuPG version has not been tampered by > malicious entities we provide signature files for all tarballs and > binary versions. The keys are also signed by the long term keys of > their respective owners. Current releases are signed by one or more > of these four keys: > > 2048R/4F25E3B6 2011-01-12 [expires: 2019-12-31] > Key fingerprint = D869 2123 C406 5DEA 5E0F 3AB5 249B 39D2 4F25 E3B6 > Werner Koch (dist sig) > > rsa2048/E0856959 2014-10-29 [expires: 2019-12-31] > Key fingerprint = 46CC 7308 65BB 5C78 EBAB ADCF 0437 6F3E E085 6959 > David Shaw (GnuPG Release Signing Key) <dshaw 'at' jabberwocky.com> > > rsa2048/33BD3F06 2014-10-29 [expires: 2020-10-30] > Key fingerprint = 031E C253 6E58 0D8E A286 A9F2 2071 B08A 33BD 3F06 > NIIBE Yutaka (GnuPG Release Key) <gniibe 'at' fsij.org> > > rsa2048/7EFD60D9 2014-10-19 [expires: 2020-12-31] > Key fingerprint = D238 EA65 D64C 67ED 4C30 73F2 8A86 1B1C 7EFD 60D9 > Werner Koch (Release Signing Key) > > The keys are available at <https://gnupg.org/signature_key.html> and in > any recently released GnuPG tarball in the file g10/distsigkey.gpg . > Note that this mail has been signed by a different key. > > -- > Die Gedanken sind frei. 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