On Wed 2015-02-04 12:13:18 -0500, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> We recently discussed in (a part of) the Enigmail team that we should
> think about giving up support for GnuPG 1.4.x.
>
> Reasons:
> * GnuPG 2.0 was released in November 2006; it has proven for a long
> time to be stable.
> * While GnuPG 1.4 still makes sense on embedded devices and computers
> with limited resources, this does not hold anymore for today's PCs.
> * We still have quite a lot of GnuPG 1.4-specific code, and
> maintenance of Enigmail is more complex with more versions of GnuPG
> (e.g. password handling / bug 287).
>
>
> My plan is as follows:
> * Enigmail 1.8.x will still support GnuPG 1.4.x. However, if Enigmail
> detects GnuPG 1.4.x, a message will be displayed saying that GnuPG
> 1.4.x is considered deprecated and will no longer be supported in
> future major versions of Enigmail.
>
> * Enigmail 1.9.x will not support GnuPG 1.4.x anymore. We will either
> point users to a web page from where they can download GnuPG 2.x, or
> we will offer to install GnuPG 2.x directly from Enigmail (just like
> the wizard already does it). A decision for which way to go is not yet
> taken. I expect to release Enigmail 1.9 in late Q3 or Q4 2015.
This sounds like a good plan to me. I'm glad to hear it.
Regards,
--dkg
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