From d9bf929ab4a5856cfa3d7ebaf7a94524458c7ea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Shaw Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:59:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Say a bit more about RFC-4880. Note some defaults changing. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ NEWS | 13 +++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9efb766e9..efdb2b3ca 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-11-17 David Shaw + + * NEWS: Say a bit more about RFC-4880. Note some defaults + changing. + 2007-11-16 Werner Koch Released 1.4.8rc1. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 027c8938e..ae32b722e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.8 (unreleased) ------------------------------------------------ - + * Changed the license to GPLv3. * Improved detection of keyrings specified multiple times. @@ -9,8 +9,17 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.8 (unreleased) * Minor bug fixes. - * New option --rfc4880 which is currently identical to --openpgp. + * The new OpenPGP standard is now complete, and has been published + as RFC-4880. The GnuPG --openpgp mode (note this is not the + default) has been updated to match the new standard. The + --rfc2440 option can be used to return to the older RFC-2440 + behavior. The main differences between the two are + "--enable-dsa2 --no-rfc2440-text --escape-from-lines + --require-cross-certification". + * By default (i.e. --gnupg mode), --require-cross-certification is + now on. --rfc2440-text and --force-v3-sigs are now off. + Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05) ------------------------------------------------