Re: compatibility with future PGP

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>]

Derek Atkins says:
> > 1) You have a friend with an old PGP who wants to send you mail and
> >    who can't get a new PGP. Old PGP will read old PGP generated files,
> >    but new will not read old.
> 
> Wrong, Perry.  Go read the announcement again.  2.6 will read old
> messages, but after sept 1 it will start generating incompatible
> messages that old versions cannot read. 

Ahem. This is only true if the pkccompat mode was on. I have plenty of
text around that 2.5 will not read. This is not tragic, but the
situation might arise.

In any case, I don't understand why anyone would rationally oppose the
distribution of Pr0duct Cypher's patches -- you don't have to use them
if you don't like.

Perry