encrypt.el (was: emacs->gnus merge questions)

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

[ Sorry for the long delay.  I'm trying to go through my ticked
articles...]

On Sun, Dec 09 2007, Miles Bader wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> (1) deleted:  encrypt.el
>> I'm not sure about this one.  Ted?
[...]
> Ok, I will leave both in for the time being.  Maybe encrypt.el should be
> removed later though.

I just suggested to move in
<news:v9r6fd11vp.fsf_-_@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de>.

> As best I can figure from the discussion on emacs-devel (the threads
> seem all over the place):
>
[...]
>  * It seems unlikely encrypt.el is going to go into Emacs.

That's my conclusion as well.  Now that EasyPG is included in
Emacs 23, users could probably use the `auto-compression-mode'-like
feature (under discussion/development?) for ~/.authinfo, too.

>    The merge from Emacs changes netrc.el to not use encrypt.el, so
>    leaving it in Gnus seems a bit pointless (the changes to netrc.el
>    could be reverted in Gnus, but I'd rather avoid diverging sources
>    when possible).

ACK, diverging sources should be avoided.  As i understand, encrypt.el
can now be used optionally in netrc.el so both versions (Emacs trunk
and Gnus trunk) should be identical.

Bye, Reiner.
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