I still find it much easier to use off of a USB key than 2.x, and so continue to use it, FWIW. The 2.x version doesn't work with the (non-FLOSS) shell I use either, but that isn't a reason to keep it mentioned.
Avi ---- User:Avraham pub 3072D/F80E29F9 1/30/2009 Avi (Wikimedia-related key) <avi.w...@gmail.com > Primary key fingerprint: 167C 063F 7981 A1F6 71EC ABAA 0D62 B019 F80E 29F9 On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Robert J. Hansen <r...@sixdemonbag.org> wrote: > After much delay, I've started work on overhauling the FAQ and making > the changes I've been threatening for some time. So far the only > commits have been minor things not worthy of mention, but I'm about to > make a significant content change and I'd like to get the community's > feedback on it. > > Namely, I plan on dropping (most) mention of 1.4. 1.4 will get > mentioned as an older branch of GnuPG meant for system administrators, > but for the rest of the FAQ I plan on focusing entirely on GnuPG 2.0 and > 2.1. > > My rationale for this is simple: we don't want to encourage new users to > use 1.4. We want to encourage new users to use 2.0 and/or 2.1. > > Some tools (e.g., Enigmail) now require 2.0 or later. > > I, personally, don't think it's a big deal to drop mention of 1.4 except > to talk about "it's for system administrators, not regular users". > However, I'd really like to hear your feedback on this. Should we make > this change? Yes or no? > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > >
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