On 2/4/15 11:01 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
The question is not so much the effort - you won't get a figure from me. The main concern is code complexity, which makes things hard to read, understand, develop, improve or fix.
Yes, I get that. :) But without some sort of quantification it's impossible to intelligently answer the question, "Is the cost of keeping the 1.x code in worth it compared to the benefit of allowing Enigmail users to continue to use 1.x?"
From my perspective, until the majority of OS' that ship GnuPG are shipping 2.x by default, removing 1.x support is premature. I should add that I'm using that transition as a bellwether of sorts, as I *think* that seeing this transition will also indicate that the majority of end users have switched, and are comfortable with the ways that GnuPG 2 is different.
I get the party line that we encourage people to use the packaged version, which will fix the dependency problem, etc. etc. But we've benefited from a significant decrease in support problems ever since the machine-dependent code was removed from Enigmail, and "You must use the packaged version!" became untrue.
What you're proposing will create a whole new set of support problems, starting with the return of "You must use the packaged version!" on Linux, and similar platforms. Add to that the whole new set of support problems that you're going to create by dragging your happy GnuPG 1.x using userbase kicking and screaming into using 2.x.
So user convenience/benefit/etc. aside, is the Enigmail team ready to take on the support cost of what you propose? We have seen several requests for additional help for the team in recent months, have your numbers swelled so greatly that this is no longer an issue? :)
You asked for feedback, and my feedback is that while this may be a good idea in a few years, it's premature at this time.
hope this helps, Doug _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
