[Gpg4win-announce] Gpg4win 1.0.7 released

[Werner Koch]

Hi!

We are pleased to announce the availibility of Gpg4win, version 1.0.7.

* This version updates WinPT and fixes a crash in GPGol.


About Gpg4win
-------------

The Gpg4win project aims at updating the Gpg4win Windows installation
package with GnuPG encryption tool, associated applications and
documentation on a regular basis.  Especially the documentation
(handbooks "Einsteiger" and "Durchblicker") are directly maintained as
part of the gpg4win project.

It is an international project. Due to the origin of the project the
German language is fully supported.  As of now the the handbooks are
only available in German.  People helping with translations are very
welcome!

The main difference compared to all other similar approaches (mainly
GnuPP, GnuPT, Windows Privacy Tools and GnuPG-Basics) is that the
first thing developed was the Gpg4win-Builder. This builder allows
to easily create new gpg4win.exe installers with updated components.

The builder runs on any decent Unix system, preferable Debian
GNU/Linux.  Almost all products are automatically cross-compiled for
integration into the installer.

With this concept it is hoped to prevent quick aging of the installer
package. This is due to easier updating and less dependancy on single
developers.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2006-10-13)
------------------------------------------------

 * Packaged new versions of GPGol and WinPT.

 * Fixed a bug while decrypting certain compressed and encrypted
   messages. 

 * Fixed a crash in GPGol.

 * Included components are:
        GnuPG: 1.4.5 [*] 
        WinPT: 1.0.1 [*]
        GPA:   0.7.4 
        GPGol: 0.9.91 [*]
        GPGee: 1.3.1
        Sylpheed-Claws: 2.4.0
        Einsteiger:     2.0.2
        Durchblicker:   2.0.2
   (Marked packages are updated since the last release) 


Installation
------------

For installation instructions, please visit http://www.gpg4win.org or
read on.

Developers who want to *build an installer* need to get the following
files from http://wald.intevation.org/projects/gpg4win/ :

  gpg4win-1.0.7.tar.bz2 (4.1M)
  gpg4win-1.0.7.tar.bz2.sig

The second file is a digital signature of the the first file.  Either
check that this signature is fine or compare with the checksums given
below.  (see also http://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html)

The *ready to use installer* is available at:

  http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-1.0.7.exe  (6.4M)
  http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-1.0.7.exe.sig

Or using the ftp protocol at:

  ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.7.exe  (6.4M)
  ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.7.exe.sig

SHA1 and MD5 checksums for these files are given below.

If you don't need the manuals, you might alternatively download the
"light" version of the installer:

  http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-light-1.0.7.exe  (4.7M)
  http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-light-1.0.7.exe.sig

or using FTP at:

  ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.7.exe  (4.7M)
  ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.7.exe.sig


A separate installer with the the sources used to build the above
installer is available at:

  ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-src-1.0.7.exe  (43M)
  ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-src-1.0.7.exe.sig

Most people don't need this source installer; it is merely stored on
that server to satisfy the conditions of the GPL.  In general it is
better to get the gpg4win builder tarball (see above) and follow the
instructions in the README to build new installers; building the
installer is not possible on Windows machines and works best on
current Debian GNU/Linux systems (we use the mingw32 package from
Sid).

SHA1 checksums are:

53feee3425356378cd97480be64a06bea5a1a0a1  gpg4win-1.0.7.exe
7192be4c211d7909959cfc00aa655f8cf05bfc3c  gpg4win-light-1.0.7.exe
59cf3fce60f3cc004ff3598950ed1b44c0935117  gpg4win-src-1.0.7.exe
6366e786ea08f03f8a554049259779d92df35352  gpg4win-1.0.7.tar.bz2


MD5 checksums are:

6e235c4cccfe8462384abe5d8d534ec9  gpg4win-1.0.7.exe
abfd356562df9ea10e24aa661dd775f7  gpg4win-light-1.0.7.exe
3eedbacedb1c9e231d0fcbb72f0cefc1  gpg4win-src-1.0.7.exe
0368d0d18b3ff0c6ab2693e59d506e2e  gpg4win-1.0.7.tar.bz2


We like to thank the authors of the included packages, the NSIS
authors, all other contributors and first of all, those folks who
stayed with us and tested the early releases of gpg4win.

To help furthering this project, please consider to sponsor the
development.  See http://www.gpg4win.org .


Happy hacking,

  Jan, Marcus, Timo and Werner



-- 
Werner Koch                                      <wk at gnupg.org>
The GnuPG Experts                                http://g10code.com
Join the Fellowship and protect your Freedom!    http://www.fsfe.org
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