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Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:25:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: ANN: A new version (0.3.8) of python-gnupg has been released.
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A new version of the Python module which wraps GnuPG has been

released.=20

What Changed?=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20
This is an enhancement and bug-fix release, and all users are encouraged to=
 upgrade.
See the project website [1] for more information.

Brief summary:=20


* Fixed #22: handled PROGRESS messages during verification and signing.=20

* Fixed #26: handled PINENTRY_LAUNCHED messages during verification,=20
  decryption and key generation.=20

* Fixed #28: Allowed a default Name-Email to be computed even when neither =
of=20
  LOGNAME and USERNAME are in the environment.=20

* Fixed #29: Included test files missing from the tarball in previous versi=
ons.=20

* Fixed #39: On Python 3.x, passing a text instead of a binary stream cause=
d
  file decryption to hang due to a UnicodeDecodeError. This has now been
  correctly handled: The decryption fails with a "no data" status.=20

* Fixed #41: Handled Unicode filenames correctly by encoding them on 2.x us=
ing
  the file system encoding.

* Fixed #43: handled PINENTRY_LAUNCHED messages during key export. Thanks t=
o
  Ian Denhardt for looking into this.=20

* Hide the console window which appears on Windows when gpg is spawned.
  Thanks to K=C3=A9vin Bernard-Allies for the patch.=20

* Subkey fingerprints are now captured.=20

* The returned value from the list_keys method now has a new attribute,
  key_map, which is a dictionary mapping key and subkey fingerprints to
  the corresponding key's dictionary. With this change, you don't need to
  iterate over the (potentially large) returned list to search for a key wi=
th
  a given fingerprint - the key_map dict will take you straight to the key
  info, whether the fingerprint you have is for a key or a subkey. Thanks t=
o
  Nick Daly for the initial suggestion.=20

This release [2] has been signed with my code signing key:=20

Vinay Sajip (CODE SIGNING KEY) <vina...@yahoo.co.uk>=20
Fingerprint: CA74 9061 914E AC13 8E66 EADB 9147 B477 339A 9B86=20


However, due to some error the signature for the source distribution (.tar.=
gz)
didn't get uploaded. To rectify this, I have pasted it into the PyPI page f=
or
the release [2].
What Does It Do?=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20
The gnupg module allows Python programs to make use of the=20
functionality provided by the Gnu Privacy Guard (abbreviated GPG or=20
GnuPG). Using this module, Python programs can encrypt and decrypt=20
data, digitally sign documents and verify digital signatures, manage=20
(generate, list and delete) encryption keys, using proven Public Key=20
Infrastructure (PKI) encryption technology based on OpenPGP.=20

This module is expected to be used with Python versions >=3D 2.4, as it=20
makes use of the subprocess module which appeared in that version of=20
Python. This module is a newer version derived from earlier work by=20
Andrew Kuchling, Richard Jones and Steve Traugott.=20

A test suite using unittest is included with the source distribution.=20

Simple usage:=20

>>> import gnupg=20
>>> gpg =3D gnupg.GPG(gnupghome=3D'/path/to/keyring/directory')=20
>>> gpg.list_keys()=20

[{=20
...=20
'fingerprint': 'F819EE7705497D73E3CCEE65197D5DAC68F1AAB2',=20
'keyid': '197D5DAC68F1AAB2',=20
'length': '1024',=20
'type': 'pub',=20
'uids': ['', 'Gary Gross (A test user) <gary.gr... at gamma.com>']},=20
{=20
...=20
'fingerprint': '37F24DD4B918CC264D4F31D60C5FEFA7A921FC4A',=20
'keyid': '0C5FEFA7A921FC4A',=20
'length': '1024',=20
...=20
'uids': ['', 'Danny Davis (A test user) <danny.da... at delta.com>']}]=20
>>> encrypted =3D gpg.encrypt("Hello, world!", ['0C5FEFA7A921FC4A'])=20
>>> str(encrypted)=20

'-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\nVersion: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)\n=20
\nhQIOA/6NHMDTXUwcEAf=20
.=20
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----\n'=20
>>> decrypted =3D gpg.decrypt(str(encrypted), passphrase=3D'secret')=20
>>> str(decrypted)=20

'Hello, world!'=20
>>> signed =3D gpg.sign("Goodbye, world!", passphrase=3D'secret')=20
>>> verified =3D gpg.verify(str(signed))=20
>>> print "Verified" if verified else "Not verified"=20

'Verified'=20

As always, your feedback is most welcome (especially bug reports [3],=20
patches and suggestions for improvement, or any other points via the=20
mailing list/discussion group [4]).=20

Enjoy!=20

Cheers=20

Vinay Sajip=20
Red Dove Consultants Ltd.=20

[1] https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/python-gnupg=20
[2] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gnupg/0.3.8=20
[3] https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/python-gnupg/issues=20
[4] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-gnupg