[Nix-dev] Re: gnupg2

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Marc Weber wrote:

> Hi Yury,
> 
> Excerpts from Yury G. Kudryashov's message of Wed May 19 22:35:46 +0200
> 2010:
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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?
You mean, IDEA support?
> Naming? It'll affect only a minority so I don't think it will matter
> as long as gpg1 can still be installed.
OK.
> 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.
The real reason is gnupg2 upgrade. Renaming is a side effect to make gnupg2 
"default" for those who don't care.