Re: handling the OpenPGP schism safely in Debian [was: Re: GnuPG 2.4 before Trixie freeze]

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

simon@josefsson.org wrote:
>
>Fundamentally, I believe that forking upstream projects in this way is
>bad for users of distributions like Debian.  Each project should own the
>moral compass of its own destiny, and users can decide what to use if
>they agree with that compass.  That's why I personally no longer install
>Debian for example, because I prefer a 100% free software OS.  Right now
>user decision is crippled because users cannot conveniently get to the
>proper GnuPG package from Debian, and I believe that's bad for everyone;
>users, Debian, and GnuPG.

There's a lot of loaded words in what you write there.

Debian has *always* added config, applied patches and adapted upstream
behaviour of upstream packages to make them fit our needs better. Why
should GnuPG be any different?

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