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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Mitarbeit?
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <ingo.kloecker () epost ! de>
Date:       2001-10-29 21:06:07
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On Monday 29 October 2001 15:48, Marc Mutz wrote:
> On Sunday 28 October 2001 18:15, Michael Häckel wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > Why does removing of well working stuff free resources?
>
> <snip>
>
> Because we want to enhance KMail in the encrypt/sign department
> dramatically:
>
> - S/MIME
> - RFC3156
> - using gpgme
>
> These alone require an almost complete rewrite of kpgp. We should
> base it on gpgme, but that doesn't support PGPi. Now that gpgme will
> support S/MIME, too, the arguments for using gpgme are at three times
> stronger. Keeping PGPi support will require the old code base to be
> ported to a gpgme-like interface (or to implement PGPi-backend
> support in gpgme, which Werner already disagreed would be included in
> the gpgme release). Dropping PGPi support for the next version gives
> the developers time to concentrate on getting the gpgme integration
> right. Supporting PGPi can then join back in when 3.(0.)1 is being
> released, or as separate plugins from the website between releases.
>
> So (temporarily) dropping PGPi would mean a drastic simplification
> for the kpgp module.

I don't think a complete rewrite of kpgp is really necessary. And I 
don't think temporarily dropping the PGP2/5/6 support is necessary. If 
there isn't enough time to finish all of the above for KDE 3.0 it will 
have to wait until KDE 3.1. IMO it's as simple as this.

If you should decide to completely rewrite the kpgp module then I'm out 
of it (please don't take this as a threat) because I really don't have 
the time for this.

Regards,
Ingo
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