From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>,
9280@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9280: 24.0.50; default value of epa-file-select-keys should be nil
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:18:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbovw9jhd.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pqkc1mtv.fsf@niu.edu> (Roland Winkler's message of "Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:31:08 -0500")
> I disagree with this change of the default value of
> epa-file-select-keys in the sense that I find the current "silent"
> default behavior too brief for unexperienced users (like myself
> until recently).
I tend to agree.
> Part of the problem is that for symmetric encryption gpg will simply
> pop up a pinentry window saying "enter passphrase". But nothing tells
> the user that the file he or she wants to save is just about to go
> through symmetric encryption (and not any other encryption mechanism
> the user might hope for).
The "enter passphrase" dialog should at the very least indicate what
kind of passphrase is expected (in this case a passphrase for symmetric
encryption).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-11 13:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-11 6:31 bug#9280: 24.0.50; default value of epa-file-select-keys should be nil Roland Winkler
2011-08-11 13:18 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-08-12 1:13 ` Daiki Ueno
2011-08-12 2:05 ` Roland Winkler
2011-08-12 2:51 ` Daiki Ueno
2011-08-12 3:28 ` Roland Winkler
2011-08-12 14:08 ` Stefan Monnier
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