Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Control: affects -1 src:gnupg2
The GnuPG transition from jessie to stretch is a significant change.
We should document it in the release notes.
Attached is a proposed patch.
Regards,
--dkg
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'unstable-debug'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1,
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>From a743629071b6d138df19fef102a4b7c09b20fa81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:07:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify and document GnuPG transition
---
en/whats-new.dbk | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk
index 0d6dcb7d..e91aad00 100644
--- a/en/whats-new.dbk
+++ b/en/whats-new.dbk
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ Among many others, this release also includes the following
software updates:
</row>
-->
<row id="new-gnupg">
- <entry>Gnupg<indexterm><primary>Gnupg</primary></indexterm></entry>
- <entry>2.0</entry>
+ <entry>GnuPG<indexterm><primary>GnuPG</primary></indexterm></entry>
+ <entry>1.4</entry>
<entry>2.1</entry>
</row>
<row id="new-inkscape">
@@ -471,6 +471,24 @@ so are still included there.
</para>
</section>
+<section id="modern-gnupg">
+ <title>Move to "Modern" GnuPG</title>
+ <para>
+ The stretch release is the first version of Debian to feature the
+ "Modern" branch of GnuPG in the <systemitem
+ role="package">gnupg</systemitem> package. This brings with it
+ elliptic curve cryptography, better defaults, a more modular
+ architecture, and improved smartcard support. The modern branch
+ also explicitly does not support some older, known-broken formats
+ (like PGPv3).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We will continue to supply the "classic" branch of GnuPG as
+ <systemitem role="package">gnupg1</systemitem> for people who need
+ it, but it is now deprecated.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
<section id="debug-archive">
<!-- jessie to stretch -->
<title>A new archive for debug symbols</title>
--
2.11.0
