[Announce] GPGME 1.1.6 released

[Alon Bar-Lev]

On 1/12/08, Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:21, alon.barlev at gmail.com said:
>
> > All I ask is to stop breaking the interface.
>
> As Marcus already explained, there is no interface break.  gpg2 is an
> entirely different program and we have always declared that it is only
> _mostly identical_ to the standalone gpg.
>
> This is one of the reasons why we promised to maintain both programs.
> (The other reason is that GnuPG-1 is easier to build and more portable
> to older and pre-POSIX systems).

I don't understand what you are talking about, from gpg2 man page:
       --passphrase-fd n
              Read  the passphrase from file descriptor n. Only the
first line will be read from file
              descriptor n. If you use 0 for n, the passphrase will be
read from stdin. This can only
              be  used if only one passphrase is supplied.  Note that
this passphrase is only used if
              the option --batch has also been given.  This is
different from gpg.


       --passphrase-file file
              Read the passphrase from file file. Only the first line
will be read  from  file  file.
              This  can  only  be  used  if  only one passphrase is
supplied. Obviously, a passphrase
              stored in a file is of questionable security if other
users can read this  file.  Don't
              use  this  option  if  you can avoid it.  Note that this
passphrase is only used if the
              option --batch has also been given.  This is different from gpg.


       --passphrase string
              Use string as the passphrase. This can only be used if
only one passphrase is supplied.
              Obviously, this is of very questionable security on a
multi-user system. Don't use this
              option if you can avoid it.  Note that this passphrase
is  only  used  if  the  option
              --batch has also been given.  This is different from gpg.

So unless you release gpg3, removing these parameters breaks your interface.

Alon.