* Package name : egpg Version : 2.1 Upstream Author : Dashamir Hoxha <dashohoxha@gmail.com> * URL : https://github.com/dashohoxha/egpg * License : GPL-3 Programming Lang: Shell Description : Wrapper tool to easily manage and use keys with GPG Easy GnuPG (egpg) is a wrapper script that tries to simplify the process of using GnuPG. In order to make things easier, it is opinionated about the "right" way to use GnuPG. It helps manage (e.g. generate, revoke...) the keys as well as use them to verify, sign and encrypt messages.
The last time Easy GnuPG has been discussed on the GnuPG mailing list: thread starting around this message https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2016-April/055835.html and later https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2016-May/056007.html Easy GnuPG was not deemed ready for end users, and technical issues with the code were identified. I think including it in Debian is akin to recommend it and somehow a statement on its technical cryptographic validity. It seemed that people on the GnuPG mailing list were not too enthusiastic about reviewing it. Has something changed since then? Is there an (informal) evaluation of the code or of the project in general from a third party? Cheers, Daniele
Thank you very much for pointing those out. I wasn't aware of such issues, and I definitely think that it should be reliable and safe to use before having it packaged for Debian. I will talk to upstream about this soon, and I will see how can we address it. In the meantime, I think that keeping this on hold will be best. Regards,