Re: [PATCH 1/1] skip RFC1991 tests with gnupg 2.1.x
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> on Thu, 2014/12/11 15:10:
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> Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> writes:
>
> > However... Even if GnuPG 2.2.x (or whatever future release) will become
> > next stable: It will not reintroduce support for rfc1991.
>
> How certain are we about the deprecation?
The sixth beta of GnuPG [0] had this change:
* gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
create PGP-2 compatible messages.
> It also would make us feel safer if we did not have to depend on the
> version or keyfile format (which would not have anything to do with
> the decision to support or not to support rfc1991 format) to check
> if the feature is supported, but that is a separate issue.
Changed in next version.
[0] http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q3/000354.html
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Best regards,
Chris
Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de>