Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

Am 7. September 2020 06:18:46 MESZ schrieb Mark <[email protected]>:
>So then would it legitimate to have a version of Enigmail that continued
>to work with TB 78? :)
>
>Just curious as to what is p≡p is doing differently (better?) over the
>default Open PGP implementation. We kept hearing they were doing this to
>make it more streamlined and not require additional add-ons but now we
>have an add-on. I'm not trying to be confrontational but honestly
>wondering  why.
>
>Thanks
>
>On 9/6/2020 12:08 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>> The philosophy of pEp is different than the one of Thunderbird. It's
>> perfectly legitimate that there's more than one solution for encryption.
>>
>> The Enigmail migrator in TB 78 is only for users of the classical mode
>> of Enigmail. Users of pEp are offered to install pEp for Thunderbird.
>> And this is now also prepared in Enigmail for TB 68.
>>
>> -Patrick
>>
>> On 06.09.2020 19:39, Mark wrote:
>>> Little confused here with the messages about p≡p. If Thunderbird 78 has
>>> built in OpenPGP and we no longer use Enigmail/GPG4Win, what is this
>>> addon for?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On 8/30/2020 12:33 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>>>> On 24.08.2020 21:39, Kai Engert wrote:
>>>>> FYI:
>>>>>
>>>>> The Thunderbird team had originally announced to enable OpenPGP by
>>>>> default in version 78.2.0
>>>>>
>>>>> It has been decided to slightly postpone this for final changes and
>>>>> testing by volunteers.  It's expected to be enabled in 78.2.1
>>>> Thunderbird 78.2.1 with OpenPGP enabled has been released now. According
>>>> to the release notes:
>>>>
>>>> Thunderbird version 78.2.1 is only offered as direct download from
>>>> https://thunderbird.net and *not* as an upgrade from Thunderbird version
>>>> 68 or earlier. A future release will provide updates from earlier
>>>> versions. Automatic updates are available for users already running
>>>> version 78.0 or higher.
>>>>
>>>> -Patrick
>>
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pEp for Thunderbird is not Enigmail. You won't receive an Enigmail version that will work with TB 78.

Patrick

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