[Gpg4win-devel] Gpg4win 1.0.6 released

[Alan Jones]

I saw that GPGol was updated.... Can you share what all has been changed
with that?

thanks for your help and information.

Alan



Werner Koch wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We are pleased to announce the availibility of Gpg4win, version 1.0.6.
>
> * This version updates several packages and fixes some minor bugs.
>
> * Please make sure to subscribe to the new gpg4win announcement
>   mailing list.  We will soon stop to cross post announcements to the
>   general GnuPG annoucement list.  See:
>     http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/gpg4win-announce
>
>
> 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 1.0.6 (2006-08-28)
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>  * Packaged new versions of GPGol, Sylpheed-Claws and WinPT.
>
>  * Included components are:
>         GnuPG: 1.4.5 
>         WinPT: 1.0.0 [*]
>         GPA:   0.7.4 
>         GPGol: 0.9.90 [*]
>         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-1.0.6.tar.bz2 (4.1M)
>   gpg4win-1.0.6.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-1.0.6.exe  (6.4M)
>   http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-1.0.6.exe.sig
>
> Or using the ftp protocol at:
>
>   ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.6.exe  (6.4M)
>   ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.6.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-1.0.6.exe  (4.7M)
>   http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-light-1.0.6.exe.sig
>
> or using FTP at:
>
>   ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.6.exe  (4.7M)
>   ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.6.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-1.0.6.exe  (43M)
>   ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-src-1.0.6.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:
>
> 1917fcc7cb43ea06d63e390595fcaa6e9c623e0f  gpg4win-1.0.6.exe
> 236c8f0de199b093f46c1d32eb5ccad6ea496079  gpg4win-light-1.0.6.exe
> a7353c2bf717c76159d8a8bb98da1f72de97ebb8  gpg4win-src-1.0.6.exe
> bbfc08e5ec9532e4b87dc6be74cb6c5a5ad84139  gpg4win-1.0.6.tar.bz2
>
>
> MD5 checksums are:
>
> 2e7eee38a33cf5402039f32d574e6449  gpg4win-1.0.6.exe
> b2988a83553a22f32f840e2bd2048734  gpg4win-light-1.0.6.exe
> 6e33ad8ef1783d6d65ad84e1d87d1fe0  gpg4win-src-1.0.6.exe
> 3489d10a84816072c72f6bd6338a867e  gpg4win-1.0.6.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
>
>
>
>   
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