There are a number of GnuPG_ wrappers for python `out there`__, but
they mostly work via the ``gpg`` executable. This is an attempt to
-cut to the chase and speak directly to ``gpg-agent``. Unfortunately,
-``gpg`` only uses ``gpg-agent`` for passphrase caching, not
-encryption. This means that speaking directly to ``gpg-agent``
-doesn't help you do much cryptography.
+cut to the chase and speak directly to ``gpgme-tool`` (source__) over
+a well-defined socket protocol.
__ wrappers_
+__ gpgme-tool_
Installation
============
------------
``pyassuan`` is a simple package with no external dependencies outside
-the Python 3 standard library.
+the Python 3.3 standard library.
Installing by hand
------------------
-``pgp-mime`` is available as a Git_ repository::
+``pyassuan`` is available as a Git_ repository::
- $ git clone git://tremily.us/pgp-mime.git
+ $ git clone git://tremily.us/pyassuan.git
See the homepage_ for details. To install the checkout, run the
standard::
Run the internal unit tests using nose_::
- $ nosetests --with-doctest --doctest-tests pgp-mime
+ $ nosetests --with-doctest --doctest-tests pyassuan
If a Python-3-version of ``nosetests`` is not the default on your
system, you may need to try something like::
- $ nosetests-3.2 --with-doctest --doctest-tests pgp-mime
+ $ nosetests-3.2 --with-doctest --doctest-tests pyassuan
To test running servers by hand, you can use `gpg-connect-agent`_.
Despite the name, this program can connect to any Assuan server::
.. _Assuan: http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/assuan/
.. _GnuPG: http://www.gnupg.org/
.. _wrappers: http://wiki.python.org/moin/GnuPrivacyGuard
+.. _gpgme-tool:
+ http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpgme.git;a=blob;f=src/gpgme-tool.c;hb=HEAD
.. _enable-special-filenames:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2002-November/019343.html
.. _Gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org/
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