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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Crypto plugins (was: Re: Fwd: Mitarbeit?)
From:       Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-30 10:45:16
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On Tuesday 30 October 2001 13:23, Marc Mutz wrote:
> On Monday 29 October 2001 22:06, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Monday 29 October 2001 15:48, Marc Mutz wrote:
..
> So, basically, we have two KMime-Crypto backend plugins (or
> Multipart::Encrypted/Signed body part plugins):
> 1. gpgme-based (supports gpg-OpenPGP and gpg-S/MIME)
> 2. kpgp-based (supports gpg and pgpi through our "old" classes)
>
> At higher levels, we'd have
> 1. kpgpUI based configuration
> 2. aegypten based configuration.
>
> And we'd write a perl script to move the kpgp settings to the "kgpgme"
> settings...
>
> So users have the choice (well, at least if they use gnupg) to either
> use the kpgp-based approach, which should function as it does currently
> or to move over to the gpgme-based approach, gaining S/MIME support on
> their way.
>
> In 3.1, we'd then try to merge pgpi support into the gpgme-based
> approach (either above gpgme or inside it) and basically use a
> gpgme-like interface as the "crypto plugin interface". (BTW: there's
> also xPG.sf.net to support, though it can emulate gnupg's command line
> interface).
>
> What does everyone think?

ACK.
From me this would be a fine way.

Karl-Heinz

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