[patch] do not print version string by default

Ximin Luo infinity0 at pwned.gg
Mon Apr 6 23:57:38 CEST 2015


On 06/04/15 12:38, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Mon,  6 Apr 2015 05:18, mansourmoufid at gmail.com said:
> 
>> Let's not print the version string by default.
> 
> It does not help you.  There subtle difference between all OpenPGP
> implementations and versions which can be used for forensic analysis.
> 
> 

This isn't an argument to not print the version string. There might be subtle differences, but adding yet another subtle difference makes the problem strictly worse.

What technical reason is there to *not* accept this patch?

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