[Nix-dev] gnupg2

[Marc Weber]

Hi Yury,

Excerpts from Yury G. Kudryashov's message of Wed May 19 22:35:46 +0200 2010:
> Hi!
> 
> As udev-154 merge seems to be finished, I'm starting to work on "gnupg2" 
> part of mass-update-01. I'm going to rename "gnupg2" to "gnupg", and "gnupg" 
> to "gnupg1orig". I'll also add "gnupg1compat" package with a few symlinks 
> making gpg2 nearly compatible with gpg1.
> 
> Should I use
> gnupg1 = gnupg1compat;
> or
> gnupg1 = gnupg1orig;
> in all-packages.nix? Of course, anyone will be able to override it using 
> packageOverrides.
> 
> It would be nice to hear someone who knows the difference.

All I do remember is that somoone has had some very files being
encrypted with old gpg1. That's why it is still alive in nixpkgs.
Maybe it was even Eelco Dolstra?
Naming? It'll affect only a minority so I don't think it will matter
as long as gpg1 can still be installed.

What's the reason you're working on this? You're missing those compat
links, correct? Why not just add them to gpg2 and be done?
You can still use priorities if you want to install both.

Personally I only depend on gpg2 so I don't care.

Marc Weber