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Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:41:48 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Hi!
Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
> If the current code never worked, your patch is an improvement,
> though.
Yeah, probably worth installing.
>> Fixing this would require one of the following:
>>
>> 1. fixing `cdk_keydb_new ()' so that one can pass an additional
>> argument indicating the format.
>>
>> 2. providing a new function, say `cdk_keydb_from_stream ()', where one
>> can pass an arbitrary stream as the keyring source.
>>
>> Solution (2) seems more flexible and cleaner. One could pass
>> `cdk_keydb_from_stream ()' a stream with or without the armor flag set,
>> thereby fixing our problem. It would also have the advantage of not
>> breaking OpenCDK's ABI. `cdk_keydb_new ()' could then be rewritten in
>> terms of it.
>
> Yeah, I'd go with 2) or
>
> 3) Create cdk_keydb_new_base64 that works like cdk_keydb_new but takes
> a text keydb.
I'd be more in favor of (2) (looks more consistent IMO).
> Timo's recent work break the API/ABI though, so I'm not sure how soon
> GnuTLS will start to use the new OpenCDK APIs, or how the migration
> will happen. We'll probably should discuss that here.
Then, should we consider the transition to be a long-term goal and hack
our own version of OpenCDK in the meantime? Or should we just switch
ASAP, if at all possible?
Thanks,
Ludovic.
- [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Ludovic Courtès, 2007/04/17
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Simon Josefsson, 2007/04/17
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Timo Schulz, 2007/04/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Simon Josefsson, 2007/04/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Timo Schulz, 2007/04/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Simon Josefsson, 2007/04/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Timo Schulz, 2007/04/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Simon Josefsson, 2007/04/19
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Ludovic Courtès, 2007/04/19
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Simon Josefsson, 2007/04/19
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Timo Schulz, 2007/04/19
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Fixing OpenPGP keyring import, Simon Josefsson, 2007/04/20