Control: affects 956701 + src:enigmail
On Tue 2020-04-14 15:57:10 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> Tags: stretch
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: rm
>
> enigmail is no longer installable with the thunderbird version
> now in stretch (#949736).
>
> Updating enigmail in stretch might be non-trivial due to the
> versioned dependency on gnupg.
>
> It is expected that shortly after the final non-LTS release of stretch
> there will be an LTS update of thunderbird in stretch with a version
> that can no longer be supported by enigmail:
> https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/home/news/70-2019-10-08-future-openpgp-support-in-thunderbird
>
> I do not see a better solution than removing the enigmail package
> that is already not installable in stretch.
>
> Daniel Kahn Gillmor Cc'ed, an ACK/NAK would be appreciated.
I'm fine with removing enigmail from stretch; i don't have the capacity
to support it that far back. I would strongly recommend anyone using a
desktop environment to move to debian stable.
--dkg
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