On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:20 AM, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> wrote:
> On 08/12/2014 08:41 PM, David Shaw wrote: >> Maybe the answer is to remove the things to generate PGP 2 messages >> specifically, and leave the other stuff? > > Yes please. :) > > Not being able to encrypt/sign with PGP 2 at this point is totally > reasonable. Not being able to decrypt/verify leads to toolchain complications > down the road for people with such archives, and sends a dangerous message > that we're not serious about backwards compatibility. I think the context has been lost in that sentence. The "other stuff" I was referring to was --pgp6, --pgp7, etc. The --pgpX options in general. There was never a question of removing the ability to decrypt PGP 2 messages. As you say, that would destroy the ability to decrypt old messages. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
