On 11/5/21 11:20 pm, Morten Linderud via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:15:50PM +1000, Allan McRae via arch-dev-public > wrote: >> I'd also like to query why 2.3.x was packaged at all? From the 2.3 >> series announcement: >> >> "We are pleased to announce the availability of a new GnuPG release: >> version 2.3.0. This release marks the start of public testing releases >> eventually leading to a new stable version 2.4." >> >> It seems that we should stay with 2.2.x until 2.4 is released, and the >> out-of-date flag should be ignored. That will give time to fix the >> fallout from this change (which is the root cause of the issue that was >> noticed): >> https://dev.gnupg.org/T4735 > > Consider the announcement for the 2.3.1 release: > > "Although some bugs might linger in the 2.3 versions, they are intended > to replace the 2.2 series." > > I'm not sure if the note was only intended for the 2.3.0 release? > > https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q2/000459.html >
Well, I'm glad upstream are consistent with their release announcements!
