Discussion:
Fedora 30 System-Wide Change Proposal: GnuPG2 as default GPG implementation
Ben Cotton
2018-11-26 14:59:26 UTC
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GnuPG2_as_default_GPG_implementation

== Summary ==
The /usr/bin/gpg path representing the main GPG implementation will
now use GnuPG 2 instead of GnuPG 1.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:ignatenkobrain|Igor Gnatenko]], [[User:till|Till
Maas]], [[User:ngompa|Neal Gompa]]
* Email: ***@fedoraproject.org, ***@till.name,
***@gmail.com

== Detailed Description ==
For long time, GnuPG 2 is de-facto standard and it is unfortunate to
have /usr/bin/gpg to point to GnuPG 1 given that all major
repositories already have it that way.
Some of them don't even have GnuPG 1 shipped (RHEL is one example).

== Benefit to Fedora ==
This change will bring Fedora in line with other major distributions,
users will get consistent experience between distributions and the
naive expectation that "gpg" binary is the latest and greatest
implementation of GnuPG.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Rename gnupg package to gnupg1
** Rename gpg binary to gpg1
** Rename gpg2 binary to gpg
** Create gpg2 → gpg symlink
** Check and fix if needed existing packages which require /usr/bin/gpg
* Other developers: Everything can be handled by change owners.
* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7920 #7920]
* Policies and guidelines: No changes are needed.
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Users will have to adapt to change that gpg is now called gpg1 if
their usage is not compatible with both 1.x and 2.x.

== How To Test ==
Before change is implemented, owners will prepare COPR repository. You
will need to enable it and update and ensure that your
applications/scripts still work.

== User Experience ==
* /usr/bin/gpg is pointing to latest release of GnuPG 2 which makes
consistent user experience between distributions

== Dependencies ==
What can't be adopted to this change will be patched to use gpg1
explicitly, no action is needed from any developers.

== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: Owners will revert changes and postpone
change to next release.
* Contingency deadline: Beta Freeze.
* Blocks release? No
* Blocks product? No

== Documentation ==
Both gpg1 and gpg2 have their own documentation shipped with them.

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Ben Cotton
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Tomas Mraz
2018-11-26 15:30:21 UTC
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== Summary ==
The /usr/bin/gpg path representing the main GPG implementation will
now use GnuPG 2 instead of GnuPG 1.
I, as the primary maintainer of the gnupg2 package, welcome this change
and I will cooperate on its implementation if it is acked by FESCo.

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Brian C. Lane
2018-11-27 00:58:05 UTC
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Post by Tomas Mraz
Post by Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GnuPG2_as_default_GPG_implemen
tation
== Summary ==
The /usr/bin/gpg path representing the main GPG implementation will
now use GnuPG 2 instead of GnuPG 1.
I, as the primary maintainer of the gnupg2 package, welcome this change
and I will cooperate on its implementation if it is acked by FESCo.
As the maintainer of gnupg (1) I also agree. This has been proposed by
upstream and I've been meaning to slip a rename and symlink into rawhide
but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

To be clear, gnupg v1.4.x will not be going away, I plan to maintain it
for as long as upstream supports it.

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Christopher
2018-11-26 16:00:39 UTC
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== Summary ==
The /usr/bin/gpg path representing the main GPG implementation will
now use GnuPG 2 instead of GnuPG 1.
This is great. This is a change I've been looking forward to for quite
some time now.
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
2018-11-26 16:06:44 UTC
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Post by Ben Cotton
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Users will have to adapt to change that gpg is now called gpg1 if
their usage is not compatible with both 1.x and 2.x.
What are the actual incompatibilities? I'm in particular interested
about command line uses that will be get broken.

Zbyszek
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Björn Persson
2018-12-05 15:34:45 UTC
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Post by Ben Cotton
** Rename gnupg package to gnupg1
** Rename gpg binary to gpg1
** Rename gpg2 binary to gpg
** Create gpg2 → gpg symlink
Just for clarity, and in the context of the proposed source file
verification policy (https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/610):

The gnupg2 package will keep that name, right? So if we tell packagers
to write "BuildRequires: gnupg2" in their spec files, that dependency
will remain valid forever?

Björn Persson
Igor Gnatenko
2018-12-05 15:46:43 UTC
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Yes, that is the plan.
Post by Björn Persson
Post by Ben Cotton
** Rename gnupg package to gnupg1
** Rename gpg binary to gpg1
** Rename gpg2 binary to gpg
** Create gpg2 → gpg symlink
Just for clarity, and in the context of the proposed source file
The gnupg2 package will keep that name, right? So if we tell packagers
to write "BuildRequires: gnupg2" in their spec files, that dependency
will remain valid forever?
Björn Persson
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