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GnuPG 2.0 end-of-life

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Message #28 received at 29781-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 29781-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29781] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: python-pygpgme: Use GnuPG 1 for the
 test suite.
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:26:01 +0100

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:

> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 02:29:02PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:
>> 
>> > * gnu/packages/gnupg.scm (python-pygpgme, python2-pygpgme)[inputs]: Use gnupg-1
>> > and make it a native-input.
>> 
>> LGTM!
>> 
>> BTW, gpgme itself provides Python bindings, which are recommended, I
>> think.  Should we build them?
>
> We package them as python-gpg.
>
> However, this PyPi-based package seems to be abandoned by the GPGME
> maintainers. At least, it doesn't get updated regularly.
>
> I've been trying to build the bindings as part of the GPGME build, so
> that we can get the latest version, but I haven't had time to finish the
> work yet.
>
> Once we are able to build the bindings from the latest GPGME, we will be
> able to drop the pygpgme package and just use the GPGME bindings for
> the package 'alot', which is the only user of pygpgme.

OK, sounds good.  Thanks for explaining!

Ludo’.

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