GNU bug report logs - #57599
[PATCH] openpgp: Add support for ECDSA with NIST curves.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 16:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #37 received at 57599-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: 57599-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 57576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>,
 Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>
Subject: Re: bug#57599: [PATCH] openpgp: Add support for ECDSA with NIST
 curves.
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:53:32 +0200

Hi!

All things considered, I prefer to drop this patch.  In the unlikely
event that we’ll get more requests to support these curves, we can
always revisit the issue.

What we should do, though, is improve error reporting in case an
unsupported curve or algorithm is encountered.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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