summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2007-12-20 09:52:40 +0100
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2007-12-20 09:52:40 +0100
commit157d4479aa1406418344fd80fb4534dc403f0503 (patch)
tree36f4ae3fc52157025d40de1769712440c08775f8 /NEWS
parentFixed a W32 ldaps problem. (diff)
downloadgnupg2-157d4479aa1406418344fd80fb4534dc403f0503.tar.xz
gnupg2-157d4479aa1406418344fd80fb4534dc403f0503.zip
Preparing a release.gnupg-2.0.8
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r--NEWS27
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 28a31a93f..415c81ecb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
------------------------------------------------
- * Make sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
- taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
- code; thus old GnuPG modules can't be used anymore.
-
- * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
-
* Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
* New option --list-config for gpgconf.
- * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
- pinentry.
+ * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
- * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
- --rfc2440.
+ * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
+ Pinentry.
+
+ * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
+ Pinentry.
* Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
@@ -26,6 +22,15 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8
* New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
broken signatures.
+ * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
+ --rfc2440.
+
+ * Windows is now a supported platform.
+
+ * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
+ taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
+ code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
+
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
------------------------------------------------