1 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (unreleased)
2 ------------------------------------------------
4 * New data object interface, which is more flexible and transparent.
6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10 GpgmeDataReleaseCb NEW
12 gpgme_data_read CHANGED: Match read() closely.
13 gpgme_data_write CHANGED: Match write() closely.
15 gpgme_data_from_fd NEW
16 gpgme_data_from_stream NEW
17 gpgme_data_from_cbs NEW
18 gpgme_data_rewind DEPRECATED: Replaced by gpgme_data_seek().
19 gpgme_data_new_from_read_cb DEPRECATED: Replaced by gpgme_data_from_cbs().
20 gpgme_data_get_type REMOVED: No replacement.
21 gpgme_op_verify CHANGED: Take different data objects for
22 signed text and plain text.
23 gpgme_op_verify_start CHANGED: See gpgme_op_verify.
24 gpgme_check_engine REMOVED: Deprecated since 0.3.0.
25 gpgme_op_genkey CHANGED: New parameter FPR.
26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
28 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.11 (2002-09-20)
29 -------------------------------------------------
33 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.10 (2002-09-02)
34 -------------------------------------------------
36 * Setting the signing keys for the CMS protocol does now work.
38 * The signers setting is honoured by gpgme_op_edit.
40 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.9 (2002-08-21)
41 ------------------------------------------------
43 * A spec file for creating RPMs has been added.
45 * An experimental interface to GnuPG's --edit-key functionality is
46 introduced, see gpgme_op_edit.
48 * The new gpgme_import_ext function provides a convenient access to
49 the number of processed keys.
51 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.8 release:
52 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
55 gpgme_op_edit_start NEW
57 gpgme_op_import_ext NEW
58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
60 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.8 (2002-06-25)
61 ------------------------------------------------
63 * It is possible to use an outside event loop for the I/O to the
64 crypto engine by setting the I/O callbacks with gpgme_set_io_cbs.
66 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.6 release:
67 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
79 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.7 (2002-06-04)
80 ------------------------------------------------
82 * GPGME_ATTR_OTRUST is implemented now.
84 * A first step toward thread safeness has been achieved, see the
85 documentation for details. Supported thread libraries are pthread
88 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.6 (2002-05-03)
89 ------------------------------------------------
91 * All error output of the gpgsm backend is send to the bit bucket.
93 * The signature verification functions are extended. Instead of
94 always returning GPGME_SIG_STATUS_GOOD, the functions new codes for
95 expired signatures. 2 new functions may be used to retrieve more
96 detailed information like the signature expiration time and a
97 validity information of the key without an extra key looking.
99 * The current passphrase callback and progress meter callback can be
100 retrieved with the new functions gpgme_get_passphrase_cb and
101 gpgme_get_progress_cb respectively.
103 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.5 release:
104 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
105 gpgme_get_passphrase_cb NEW
106 gpgme_get_progress_cb NEW
107 GpgmeDataEncoding NEW
108 gpgme_data_set_encoding NEW
109 gpgme_data_get_encoding NEW
110 GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXP NEW
111 GPGME_SIG_STAT_GOOD_EXPKEY NEW
112 gpgme_op_verify CHANGED: Returns more status codes.
113 GPGME_ATTR_SIG_STATUS NEW
114 gpgme_get_sig_string_attr NEW
115 gpgme_get_sig_ulong_attr NEW
116 gpgme_get_protocol NEW
117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
119 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (2002-04-01)
120 ------------------------------------------------
122 * gpgme_op_encrypt can be called with RECIPIENTS being 0. In this
123 case, symmetric encryption is performed. Note that this requires a
124 passphrase from the user.
126 * More information is returned for X.509 certificates.
128 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.4 release:
129 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
130 gpgme_op_encrypt EXTENDED: Symmetric encryption possible
131 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
133 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (2002-03-04)
134 ------------------------------------------------
136 * gpgme_op_encrypt does now fail with GPGME_Invalid_Recipients if
137 some recipients have been invalid, whereas earlier versions
138 succeeded in this case. The plaintext is still encrypted for all valid
139 recipients, so the application might take this error as a hint that
140 the ciphertext is not usable for all requested recipients.
141 Information about invalid recipients is available with gpgme_get_op_info.
143 * gpgme_op_verify now allows to pass an uninitialized data object as
144 its plaintext argument to check for normal and cleartext
145 signatures. The plaintext is then returned in the data object.
147 * New interfaces gpgme_set_include_certs and gpgme_get_include_certs
148 to set and get the number of certifications to include in S/MIME
151 * New interfaces gpgme_op_encrypt_sign and gpgme_op_encrypt_sign_start
152 to encrypt and sign a message in a combined operation.
154 * New interface gpgme_op_keylist_ext_start to search for multiple patterns.
156 * gpgme_key_get_ulong_attr supports the GPGME_ATTR_EXPIRE attribute.
158 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.3 release:
159 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
160 gpgme_op_encrypt CHANGED: Can fail with GPGME_Invalid_Recipients
161 gpgme_op_verify EXTENDED: Accepts uninitialized text argument
162 gpgme_key_get_ulong_attr EXTENDED: Supports GPGME_ATTR_EXPIRE
163 gpgme_set_include_certs NEW
164 gpgme_get_include_certs NEW
165 gpgme_op_encrypt_sign NEW
166 gpgme_op_encrypt_sign_start NEW
167 gpgme_op_keylist_ext_start NEW
168 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
170 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (2002-02-12)
171 ------------------------------------------------
173 * Fix the Makefile in jnlib.
175 * Fix the test suite (hopefully). It should clean up all its state
176 with `make check' now.
179 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (2002-02-10)
180 ------------------------------------------------
182 * Remove erroneous dependency on libgcrypt in jnlib.
185 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (2002-02-09)
186 ------------------------------------------------
188 * There is a Texinfo manual documenting the API.
190 * The gpgme_set_keylist_mode function returns an error, and changed
191 its meaning. It is no longer usable to select between normal and
192 fast mode (newer versions of GnuPG will always be fast), but
193 selects between local keyring, remote keyserver, or both.
194 For this, two new macros are defined, GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL
195 and GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EXTERN. To make it possible to modify the
196 current setting, a fucntion gpgme_get_keylist_mode was added to
197 retrieve the current mode.
199 * gpgme_wait accepts a new argument STATUS to return the error status
200 of the operation on the context. Its definition is closer to
201 waitpid() now than before.
203 * The LENGTH argument to gpgme_data_new_from_filepart changed its
204 type from off_t to the unsigned size_t.
206 * The R_HD argument to the GpgmePassphraseCb type changed its type
207 from void* to void**.
209 * New interface gpgme_op_trustlist_end() to match
210 gpgme_op_keylist_end().
212 * The CryptPlug modules have been renamed to gpgme-openpgp and
213 gpgme-smime, and they are installed in pkglibdir by `make install'.
215 * An idle function can be registered with gpgme_register_idle().
217 * The GpgSM backend supports key generation with gpgme_op_genkey().
219 * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.0 release:
220 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
221 gpgme_data_new_from_filepart CHANGED: Type of LENGTH is size_t.
222 GpgmePassphraseCb CHANGED: Type of R_HD is void **.
223 gpgme_wait CHANGED: New argument STATUS.
224 gpgme_set_keylist_mode CHANGED: Type of return value is GpgmeError.
225 The function has a new meaning!
226 gpgme_get_keylist_mode NEW
227 GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL NEW
228 GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_EXTERN NEW
229 gpgme_op_trustlist_next NEW
231 gpgme_register_idle NEW
232 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
234 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (2001-12-19)
235 ------------------------------------------------
237 * New interface gpgme_set_protocol() to set the protocol and thus the
238 crypto engine to be used by the context. Currently, the OpenPGP
239 and the CMS protocols are supported. They are specified by the new
240 preprocessor symbols GPGME_PROTOCOL_OpenPGP and GPGME_PROTOCOL_CMS.
241 A new context uses the OpenPGP engine by default.
243 * gpgme_get_engine_info() returns information for all crypto engines
244 compiled into the library. The XML format has changed. To
245 reliably get the version of a crypto engine, the <version> tag
246 after the appropriate <protocol> tag has to be looked for.
248 * New interface gpgme_engine_check_version(), obsoleting
249 gpgme_check_engine(). Check the version of all engines you are
250 supporting in your software.
252 * GpgmeKey lists the user ids in the order as they are returned by
253 GnuPG, first the primary key with index 0, then the sub-user ids.
255 * New operation gpgme_op_decrypt_verify() to decrypt and verify
256 signatures simultaneously.
258 * The new interface gpgme_op_keylist_end() terminates a pending
259 keylist operation. A keylist operation is also terminated when
260 gpgme_op_keylist_next() returns GPGME_EOF.
262 * GPGME can be compiled without GnuPG being installed (`--with-gpg=PATH'),
263 cross-compiled, or even compiled without support for GnuPG
266 * GPGME can be compiled with support for GpgSM (GnuPG for S/MIME,
267 `--with-gpgsm=PATH'). It is enabled by default if the `gpgsm' is found
268 in the path, but it can also be compiled without support for GpgSM
271 * CryptPlug modules for GPGME are included and can be enabled at
272 configure time (`--enable-gpgmeplug'). There is one module which
273 uses the GnuPG engine (`gpgmeplug') and one module which uses the
274 GpgSM engine (`gpgsmplug').
276 * Interface changes relative to the latest 0.2.x release:
277 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
278 gpgme_key_get_as_xml CHANGED: Sub-user ids reversed in order.
279 gpgme_key_get_string_attr CHANGED: User ids reversed in order.
280 gpgme_key_get_ulong_attr CHANGED: User ids reversed in order.
281 gpgme_get_engine_info CHANGED: New format, extended content.
282 gpgme_engine_check_version NEW
283 gpgme_decrypt_verify_start NEW
284 gpgme_decrypt_verify NEW
285 gpgme_op_keylist_next NEW
286 gpgme_set_protocol NEW
287 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
290 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (2001-09-17)
291 ------------------------------------------------
293 * New function gpgme_get_op_info which can be used to get the micalg
294 parameter needed for MOSS.
296 * New functions gpgme_get_armor and gpgme_get_textmode.
298 * The usual bug fixes and some minor functionality improvements.
300 * Added a simple encryption component for MS-Windows; however the
301 build procedure might have some problems.
304 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.2 (2001-06-12)
305 ------------------------------------------------
307 * Implemented a key cache.
309 * Fixed a race condition under W32 and some other bug fixes.
312 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.1 (2001-04-02)
313 ------------------------------------------------
315 * Changed debug output and GPGME_DEBUG variable (gpgme/debug.c)
317 * Handle GnuPG's new key capabilities output and support revocation
320 * Made the W32 support more robust.
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