-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Pingenot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joseph> 0) Application calls, say, pgp with pgp syntax. Joseph> 1) A pgp-xlat package (?), maintained by the PGP person, is used Joseph> to translate the pgp commandline to the generic commandline. Joseph> It would create a PGP->dpgpw translation, invoking dpgpw at Joseph> the end. PGP wouldn't necessarily need to be installed, only Joseph> pgp-xlat, which would have a pgp->dpgpw translation wrapper in, Joseph> say, /usr/bin/pgp. If PGP happens to be installed, it could be Joseph> called, say, /usr/bin/pgp-real. Joseph> 2) dpgpw then uses the dpgpw-<implementation> wrapper to translate Joseph> the generic syntax to the implementation-specific syntax Joseph> 3) the implementation is called and all goes on as if pgp were Joseph> actually called. Ohh. That sounds really complicated. I doubt it'll fly. (Not that there would be a problem technically. I don't think people would want to use that.) Joseph> This would *might* go a *ways* to making *most* front-ends be Joseph> able to use *most* pgp implementations, but the best solution Joseph> still remains getting frontend developers and pgp implementers Joseph> to sit down and unify on these things. IMHO, the best solution would be to get everyone to stop using pgp and use gnupg instead, but that seems unlikely to happen either. Joseph> Sure is a fun puzzle to problem-solve, though. ;) I agree. And I think it would be fun to try to implement a solution given enough time. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone has that kind of time, though. - -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/71FDA37F Fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Please encrypt *all* e-mail to me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Mra4ZRhU33H9o38RAocyAKCd/XqMXacSLxFmdsj4iuOLsY4kkACgip15 wg6kQY+c64N7CUKcfjmAxp0= =hhbi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
