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Re: [openpgp] To bind or not to bind

Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org> Sun, 24 March 2024 11:11 UTC

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From: Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org>
To: Nickolay Olshevsky <o.nickolay@gmail.com>, openpgp@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] To bind or not to bind
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Hi Nickolay :)

Nickolay Olshevsky <o.nickolay@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm quite surprised that using public library API in a described in 
> documentation way could be called 'weird trick' or 'bug'.
>
> Here is a quote from the docs for the rnp_import_keys() function:
>
>   * @param flags see RNP_LOAD_SAVE_* constants. If 
> RNP_LOAD_SAVE_PERMISSIVE is specified
>   *              then import process will skip unrecognized or bad 
> keys/signatures instead of
>   *              failing the whole operation.

Sorry, the point I was trying to make (with a pinch of humor) was that
if your library is not forward-compatible unless the downstream consumer
opts in, your library is not forward-compatible.  Please make your
library forward-compatible.

Best,
Justus

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