Re: Rationale for gpgme using gnupg-2.0?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Mark,

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> What was the rationale for commit ae3bded, which downgraded the gnupg
> version used by gpgme from gnupg-2.1 to gnupg-2.0?

2.1 was labeled as “modern”, which I thought meant “experimental”;
probably that was that sort of rationale…

> My reading of gpgme's NEWS makes me suspect that gnupg-2.1.x is not only
> supported, but likely to be a superior choice.  NEWS includes:
>
>  * More precise error codes are returned if GnuPG >= 2.1.8 is used.
>  * Fixed regression for GPGSM use with GnuPG < 2.1.
>
> If there's a reason to stick with gnupg-2.0 for gpgme, it might be good
> to add a comment to explain why.
>
> What do you think?

I think you agree: we should upgrade to 2.1 here and elsewhere (though
some external programs such as Pius cannot deal yet with 2.1, so we need
to be careful.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.