[arch-general] gnupg 2.1 not stable

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:32:20 -0500, Ido Rosen wrote:
> Agreed that everything in "core" should be maximally stable.
> Given that gpg is such a crucial core component of Arch's
> infrastructure and that gpg 2.1 is NOT stable.  Could we switch back
> to gnupg 2.0.x (stable release)

"GnuPG modern (2.1) is the brand new [snip] It will eventually
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
replace the current stable (2.0)" - https://www.gnupg.org/download/
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

IOW Ido isn't a troll.

[root at archlinux rocketmouse]# downgrade gnupg
Available packages:

   1) gnupg-2.1.0-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (local)
   2) gnupg-2.1.0-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
   3) gnupg-2.1.0-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
   4) gnupg-2.0.26-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
   5) gnupg-2.0.25-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
   6) gnupg-2.0.23-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)
   7) gnupg-2.0.22-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz (remote)

select a package by number: 4
[snip]
add gnupg to IgnorePkg? [y/n] y

gnupg is security stuff, fellows, consider to care about it. I wasn't
aware about this issue, so again, thank you Ido for the heads up :)!

Regards,
Ralf