On 25.03.18 21:26, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> On 03/25/2018 01:05 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>> I'm very happy to announce Enigmail 2.0! This marks a major milestone in
>> the development of Enigmail.
>>
>>
>> Major Changes since v1.9
>> ------------------------
>> * The Encryption and Signing buttons now work for both OpenPGP and
>> S/MIME. Enigmail will chose between S/MIME or OpenPGP depending on
>> whether the keys for all recipients are available for the respective
>> standard.
>>
>> * Support for the Autocrypt standard [1], which is now enabled by default.
>>
>> * Support for Pretty Easy Privacy (pEp) [2] is implemented in Enigmail.
>>
>> * Support for Web Key Directory (WKD) [3] is implemented. Enigmail will
>> try to download unavailable keys during message composition from WKD.
>> If you use GnuPG 2.2.x, and your provider supports the Web Key Service
>> protocol [4], you can also use Enigmail to upload your key to WKD.
>>
>> * The message subject can now be encrypted and replaced with a dummy
>> subject, following the "Memory Hole" standard for protected Email
>> Headers [5].
>>
>> * The keys on the keyring are automatically refreshed from keyservers at
>> an irregular interval.
>>
>> * Enigmail was converted into a "restartless" addon. That is, once you
>> installed Enigmail 2.0, subsequent updates will be installed without
>> needing to restart Thunderbird.
>>
>> * Keys are internally addressed using the fingerprint instead of the key ID.
>>
>>
>> Fixed defects
>> -------------
>> In addition to the above, we fixed quite some defects:
>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/search/?q=status%3Afixed+%26%26+_fixed%3A2.0>.
>>
>>
>> Obtaining Enigmail
>> ==================
>> Enigmail can be downloaded from
>> <https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/>
>>
>> The changelog is available from
>> <https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Patrick
>  [snip]
> 
> It requires a newer version of gpg2 than is present in
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 (Santiago); it seems that
> gnupg2 2.0.15 or higher is required.

Yes, GnuPG 2.0.15 is the minimum required version, as older versions
don't support some features that Enigmail relies on.

-Patrick



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