#GnuPG's "public testing release series" has a new version 2.5.7.
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q2/000493.html
Remember:
* It is for you, if you want to test the new
post-quantum cryptography (PQC) features
or the 64 Bit Windows support.
* The series features Kyber (FIPS-203) as PQC encryption algorithm.
A new Gpg4win 5 Beta is forthcoming in the next days.
Technical details: https://dev.gnupg.org/T7671
If you are using the PDF viewer #Okular_from #Gpg4win, please upgrade to version 4.4.1 as this version fixes a severe vulnerability in the freetype library.
https://www.gpg4win.org/download.html
Vulnerability details:
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-6367 
There are other good things in Gpg4win 4.4.1, for example
* improvements in the Outlook Add-in (GpgOL)
* a better Kleopatra
* GnuPG upgraded to v2.4.8
Neue Version von #GnuPG (v2.5.6) und eine weitere Beta-Version des kommenden #Gpg4Win 5.0 erschienen.
Wer Gpg4Win (noch) nicht kennt: Enthält u.a. das MS Outlook-Plugin GpgOL damit dort #OpenPGP-verschlüsselte Mails funktionieren, GpgEX damit man im Explorer Dateien verschlüsseln kann, oder die Schlüssel-/Zertifikats-Verwaltung Kleopatra. Mit 5.0 dann Post Quanten resistant encryption.
S/MIME gibt es natürlich auch. Das skaliert wegen der Kosten für die zusätzlich zeitlimitierten Zertifikate, in der Bevölkerung aber noch schlechter als OpenPGP. Deshalb plädiere ich für einen Fokus darauf um wenigstens hier eine größere Verbreitung zu schaffen.
Und von mir ein fettes Danke an den Hauptentwickler der Werkzeuge @DD9JN
Hi!
A #GnuPG release (2.5.6) and a new #Gpg4win 5 beta is available since today:
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q2/000492.html
Debian trixie (ATM testing) is in soft freeze and the release is expected to be early summer this year. Meanwhile #GnuPG 2.4.7 arrived in testing:
If you have specific questions about #GnuPG, please ask them. There are a few ways to do so, for example https://forum.gnupg.org/c/gnupg/8 or https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/ .
(Note that #GnuPG is a mature crypto engine and the command line interfaces are more like a multitool for experts or advanced users who do not mind to use the command line. However there are many good workflow oriented frontends, like email clients or file managers. No need to use `gpg` on the command line.)
Today I migrated my #GnuPG self compile assistance project (WIP) from incubator repository to a dedicated repository (including the new version number 2.5.5):
The March release for #GnuPG in the PQC public testing release series is here: v2.5.5 only has a few fixes, but those seem important ... removing potential "hangs" 
on windows and elsewhere.
https://dev.gnupg.org/T7530
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q1/000491.html
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
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
Better handling of certificates and public keys
with #Gpg4win v4.4.0's improved crypto manager _Kleopatra_.
It also comes with #GnuPG v2.4.7 for Windows. Workflows that profit from several signatures on a file
profit as well.
https://gpg4win.org/version4.4.html <-- see what else is new.
#GnuPG 2.4.6 is available. Accumulated fixes and small improvements over the last 7 months. There is even a new tool `gpg-mail-tube` to encrypt an email automatically in a pipe. Give it a try, especially if you use hardware tokens.
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2024q4/000486.html
Discovered https://useplaintext.email/ 
which is quite nice. As a number of #GnuPG devs have filters in place that only let plain text emails pass (allowing attachments and OpenPGP/MIME signatures of course) I've updated our https://wiki.gnupg.org/EMailClients/Thunderbird recommendations. #Thunderbird 
#FreeSoftware 
