[git] GnuPG - branch, STABLE-BRANCH-2-0, updated. gnupg-2.0.19-2-g295c43b
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Tue Mar 27 12:23:49 CEST 2012
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Author: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
Date: Tue Mar 27 11:19:32 2012 +0200
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diff --git a/announce.txt b/announce.txt
index b170f17..4171d94 100644
--- a/announce.txt
+++ b/announce.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Mail-Followup-To: gnupg-users at gnupg.org
Hello!
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2
-release: Version 2.0.18.
+release: Version 2.0.19.
The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication
and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key
management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME
standards.
-GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.11) in
+GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.12) in
that it splits up functionality into several modules. However, both
versions may be installed alongside without any conflict. In fact,
the gpg version from GnuPG-1 is able to make use of the gpg-agent as
@@ -29,17 +29,24 @@ GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
also available for other Unices, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
-What's New
-===========
+What's New in 2.0.19
+====================
+
+ * GPG now accepts a space separated fingerprint as a user ID. This
+ allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
+
+ * GPG now uses the longest key ID available. Removed support for the
+ original HKP keyserver which is not anymore used by any site.
+
+ * Rebuild the trustdb after changing the option --min-cert-level.
- * Bug fix for newer versions of Libgcrypt.
+ * Ukrainian translation.
- * Support the SSH confirm flag and show SSH fingerprints in ssh
- related pinentries.
+ * Honor option --cert-digest-algo when creating a cert.
- * Improved dirmngr/gpgsm interaction for OCSP.
+ * Emit a DECRYPTION_INFO status line.
- * Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
+ * Improved detection of JPEG files.
Getting the Software
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ Getting the Software
Please follow the instructions found at http://www.gnupg.org/download/
or read on:
-GnuPG 2.0.18 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
+GnuPG 2.0.19 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
direct from ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/ . The list of mirrors
can be found at http://www.gnupg.org/mirrors.html . Note, that GnuPG
is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
@@ -56,14 +63,14 @@ is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
On the FTP server and its mirrors you should find the following files
in the gnupg/ directory:
- gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 (3922k)
- gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
+ gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2 (4089k)
+ gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2.sig
GnuPG source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature.
- gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2 (188k)
+ gnupg-2.0.18-2.0.19.diff.bz2 (305k)
- A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.17 GnuPG source tree. This patch
+ A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.18 GnuPG source tree. This patch
does not include updates of the language files.
Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs for GnuPG-2.
@@ -78,9 +85,9 @@ the following ways:
* If you already have a trusted version of GnuPG installed, you
can simply check the supplied signature. For example to check the
- signature of the file gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
+ signature of the file gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
- gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
+ gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2.sig
This checks whether the signature file matches the source file.
You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and
@@ -103,21 +110,21 @@ the following ways:
* If you are not able to use an old version of GnuPG, you have to verify
the SHA-1 checksum. Assuming you downloaded the file
- gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
+ gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
- sha1sum gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
+ sha1sum gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2
and check that the output matches the first line from the
following list:
-5ec2f718760cc3121970a140aeea004b64545c46 gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2
-998cde3e4383bea771930e9f4934494fa09ed669 gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2
+190c09e6688f688fb0a5cf884d01e240d957ac1f gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2
+d5e5643dc5ecb4e5296f1a9500f850cfbfd0f8ff gnupg-2.0.18-2.0.19.diff.bz2
Documentation
=============
-The gnupg.info file has the complete user manual of the system.
+The file gnupg.info has the complete user manual of the system.
Separate man pages are included as well; however they have not all the
details available in the manual. It is also possible to read the
complete manual online in HTML format at
@@ -134,12 +141,10 @@ 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.
-Almost all mail clients support GnuPG-2. Kmail might be the most
-prominent user of all GnuPG-2 features. In fact it has been developed
-in cooperation with the Kmail folks. Mutt users may want to use the
-configure option "--enable-gpgme" during build time and put a
-"set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to enable S/MIME support along with
-the reworked OpenPGP support.
+Almost all mail clients support GnuPG-2. Mutt users may want to use
+the configure option "--enable-gpgme" during build time and put a "set
+use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to enable S/MIME support along with the
+reworked OpenPGP support.
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