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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
>
>> The following patch removes the gpg-2comp default from gpg.el.
>> gpg-2comp is just another script to obtain, and nowadays, it's neither
>> recommended nor needed (it breaks OpenPGP compatibility, reduces
>> interoperability with GnuPG users etc.).  Catering for OpenPGP
>> implementations with known security defects should not be on our
>> agenda, either.
>>
>> Okay to commit?
>
> Please do, I always felt it was unnecessary.

Okay.

>  Maybe the documentation needs to be updated as well.

Which documentation? ;-) I've changed the introductory remarks, too,
and am not aware of any other documentation.