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Date:      Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:03:33 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP : security/gnupg will be upgraded to 2.0.1
Message-ID:  <20061212090333.GA833@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <457E5DB4.7030204@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 2006-Dec-11 23:43:48 -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>If this is your plan, it leads me to the next question, which is how
>are you going to handle the fact that GnuPG 2.x does not install a
>binary named "gpg?"

As an end user, I see this as a real issue.  If I upgrade a port,
I expect the upgraded port to have a similar user interface.  From
the comments in this thread, it seems that there are significant
changes between gnupg 1.x and gnupg 2.x.

>to suggest to users that 2.x is the default, I think we need to
>provide support for those legacy(?) apps that think gnupg is spelled gpg.

Keep in mind that for a significant number of people, gpg is
effectively embedded in their MUA or other tools so a UI change is a
real PITA.  In my case, about the only time I actually use gpg
directly is when I need to edit a key.  The rest of the time, I
rely on a pile of commands embedded in my .muttrc

I would prefer to see gnupg 2.x introduced as security/gnupg2

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Peter Jeremy

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