[Announce] GPGME 0.4.0 released

[Marcus Brinkmann]

We are pleased to announce version 0.4.0 of GnuPG Made Easy,
a library designed to make access to GnuPG easier for applications.
It may be found in the file (about 666 KB compressed)
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/GnuPG/alpha/gpgme/gpgme-0.4.0.tar.gz.

It should soon appear on the mirrors listed at
http://www.gnupg.org/mirrors.html.

Bug reports and requests for assistance should be sent to
gnupg-devel at gnu.org.

The md5sum checksums for this distibution are
41e144b403293484bcb3e1409fbe6a35  gpgme-0.4.0.tar.gz
2b659bed3214a45812baa104f954cf5d  gpgme-0.4.0.tar.gz.sig

PLEASE NOTE: This is an unstable development version for testing.  The
latest stable release is 0.3.14 and available from
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/GnuPG/gpgme/.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (2002-12-23)
------------------------------------------------

 * Key generation returns the fingerprint of the generated key.

 * New convenience function gpgme_get_key.

 * Supports signatures of user IDs in keys via the new
   GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS keylist mode and the
   gpgme_key_sig_get_string_attr and gpgme_key_sig_get_ulong_attr
   interfaces.  The XML info about a key also includes the signatures
   if available.

 * New data object interface, which is more flexible and transparent.

 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.9 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GpgmeDataReadCb			NEW
GpgmeDataWriteCb		NEW
GpgmeDataSeekCb			NEW
GpgmeDataReleaseCb		NEW
GpgmeDataCbs			NEW
gpgme_data_read			CHANGED: Match read() closely.
gpgme_data_write		CHANGED: Match write() closely.
gpgme_data_seek			NEW
gpgme_data_new_from_fd		NEW
gpgme_data_new_from_stream	NEW
gpgme_data_new_from_cbs		NEW
gpgme_data_rewind		DEPRECATED: Replaced by gpgme_data_seek().
gpgme_data_new_from_read_cb	DEPRECATED: Replaced by gpgme_data_from_cbs().
gpgme_data_get_type		REMOVED: No replacement.
gpgme_op_verify			CHANGED: Take different data objects for
				signed text and plain text.
gpgme_op_verify_start		CHANGED: See gpgme_op_verify.
gpgme_check_engine		REMOVED: Deprecated since 0.3.0.
gpgme_op_genkey			CHANGED: New parameter FPR.
GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_SIGS		NEW
gpgme_key_sig_get_string_attr	NEW
gpgme_key_sig_get_ulong_attr	NEW
gpgme_get_key			NEW
GPGME_ATTR_SIG_CLASS		NEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Marcus Brinkmann
mb at g10code.de