On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 09:45:42AM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Dominic Hargreaves wrote... > > > Do the gnupg1 maintainers agree that it should be removed from bullseye? > > IMnsHO it's a bad idea to remove gnupg1 any time soon. While it > certainly should not be used for encryption, it's still needed when > dealing with older keys. Quoting the package description: "It is > provided mainly for people with the need to use archaic cryptographic > objects like PGPv3 keys to access archived messages." > > So unless it's really broken or likewise RC, it should be kept.
Ah, I wasn't aware of that use case. The impression I got from the release team and Chris Hofstaedtler that request-tracker4 was the only thing blocking removal. Dominic
