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@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.12 (unreleased) ------------------------------------------------- + * GPG now accepts a space separated fingerprint as a user ID. + This allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key + listing. Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18) ------------------------------------------------- * Bug fixes and portability changes. - + * Minor changes for better interoperability with GnuPG-2. @@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26) Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20) ------------------------------------------------ - + ******************************************* * A decade of GnuPG: g10-0.0.0.tar.gz was * * released exactly 10 years ago. * @@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20) * Allow encryption using legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys if option --rfc2440 is used. - * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards. + * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards. * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card. @@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05) language files "*.mo" are expected in a directory named "gnupg.nls" below the directory with the gpg.exe binary. - * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only. + * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only. Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06) @@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06) * Fixed a bug while decrypting certain compressed and encrypted messages. [bug#537] - + * Added --s2k-count to set the number of times passphrase mangling is repeated. The default is 65536 times. @@ -318,7 +321,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15) of them. * [W32] The locale selection under Windows changed. You need to - enter the locale in the registry at HKCU\Software\GNU\GnuPG:Lang. + enter the locale in the registry at HKCU\Software\GNU\GnuPG:Lang. For German you would use "de". If it is not set, GnuPG falls back to HKLM. The languages files "*.mo" are expected in a directory named "gnupg.nls" below the installation directory; @@ -348,17 +351,17 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.93 (2004-12-14) * Switched to automake 1.9. Minor big fixes. - + Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.92 (2004-10-28) ------------------------------------------------- - + * Added Russian man page. Thanks to Pawel I. Shajdo. * libiconv is now used to support other character sets other than UTF-8, Latin-1,-2 and KOI8-2. The W32 version will only work correctly when iconv.dll is installed on the system. A binary version is available at all GNU mirror sites under libiconv. - + * gettext for Windows has been simplified. The MO files are now distributed UTF-8 encoded and gpg translates on the fly. @@ -393,13 +396,13 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.90 (2004-10-01) * Support for the OpenPGP smartcard is now enabled by default. Use the option --disable-card-support to build without support - for smartcards. + for smartcards. * New command "addcardkey" in the key edit menu to add subkeys to a smartcard. New command "keytocard" to transfer a key to a smartcard. The serial number of the card is show in secret key listings. - * -K may now be used as an alias for --list-secret-keys. + * -K may now be used as an alias for --list-secret-keys. * HTTP Basic authentication is now supported for all HKP and HTTP keyserver functions, either through a proxy or via direct @@ -586,12 +589,12 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.3 (2003-10-10) expands to the fingerprint of the key making the signature (which might be a subkey), and "%p" expands to the fingerprint of the primary key that owns the key making the signature. - + * New "tru" record in --with-colons --list-keys listings. It shows the status of the trust database that was used to calculate the key validity in the listings. See doc/DETAILS for the specifics of this. - + * New REVKEYSIG status tag for --status-fd. It indicates a valid signature that was issued by a revoked key. See doc/DETAILS for the specifics of this. @@ -982,7 +985,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29) * RSA key generation. * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in - scripts/build-riscos. + scripts/build-riscos. * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs). @@ -1019,7 +1022,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29) * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code. - * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files. + * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files. * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib @@ -1064,7 +1067,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29) * Large File Support (LFS) is now working. - * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check, + * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check, --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks, --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page. @@ -1122,19 +1125,19 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18) * New configuration option --with-egd-socket. * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5 - + * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come - soon. - + soon. + * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional according to RFC2440 - * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports + * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be upgraded to at least 1.0.2 - + Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12) ---------------------------------------------- |