Everybody should learn how to use GPG.
@GnuPG The 2.5.* #GnuPG package had some issues with path structure due to the speedo makefile (from the w32 tarball, AFAIK not intended to create #Debian style packages) which were fixed Thursday during a testing session. The file gpgconf.ctl contained a rootdir value not appropriate for a deb package. This prevented dirmngr from starting. Latest version: 2.5.4-1~shimps3
Last year the inventor of #GnuPG appeared in a podcast interview (almost one hour) which is IMHO worth of attention. More details:
https://blog.shimps.org/blogpost365-Werner-Koch-at-The-Linux-Inlaws
I think I've seen #GnuPG 2.5.4 there as well. Did somebody install and use this package already?
And here is #GnuPG 2.5.4 a month after 2.5.3. Remember: this is a public beta release series, adding a post quantum cryptography algorithm for encryption (kyber768 an kyber1024) so you can play with the future! :)
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q1/000490.html https://dev.gnupg.org/T7480
Admins and experts who want to play with the public testing line of #GnuPG 2.5.3 (offering PQC) can check out the Debian style community contributed repository from https://blog.shimps.org/blogpost296-GnuPG-Upstream-packaged-in-Debian-style. Thanks to Frank Guthausen, who is happy to receive feedback https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2024-December/067439.html
Important: GPG Key Revoked & Superseded!
For those following the "public testing" release series of #GnuPG that includes support for post-quantum cryptographc (PQC), a new version 2.5.3 is available -- with only minor improvements.
https://dev.gnupg.org/T7442 and https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q1/000489.html
#gnupg 2.5.2 released; see https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2024q4/000488.html
Also released a *beta* of #gpg4win 5 see https://www.gpg4win.org/version5.html