[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#854797: pinentry: Add pinentry-emacs package

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Hi Daiki--

On Sun 2017-02-12 04:16:23 -0500, Daiki Ueno wrote:
> I would honor the upstream default, which is currently neglected in the
> Debian package, for uncertain reasons.  If you have any concrete
> concerns, I would suggest you to discuss it in upstream, like in this
> bug:
>
>>> By the way, we have been waiting for your response to the upstream bug
>>> for a long time: https://bugs.gnupg.org/gnupg/issue2034
>>
>> I was unaware that anything was needed from me here.  re-reading it, i'm
>> still not sure.  Can you help me understand what you need from me?for
>> that bug report?
>
> You expressed your uncertainity.  Neal provided the docuementation
> trying to clarify the concerns (though it's not correct).  Then you
> became completely silent.  I don't think it's a constructive behavior.

I tried to raise these questions upstream, as you say, in issue 2034,
and from what i can see on that ticket, there remains some disagreement
within the upstream  (i.e. between you and neal) about whether the
documentation is correct.

I apologize for not being as constructive as i should have been when
following up on this.  Thanks for your continued persistence.

> I wouldn't answer to those questions here.  You should have brought up
> those in upstream discussion.

I'm bringing them up over on issue2034 now, i hope you'll consider
answering them over there.

> Even if you compile it with --enable-inside-emacs, it wouldn't be
> activated unless the user explicitly set "allow-emacs-pinentry" in
> ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf.  Isn't it feasible to declare it as
> "unsupported", until the implementation meets your criteria?

Yes, i'm much more likely to enable it in the pinentry build if i know
that it won't have any effect on users who don't explicitly enable it at
runtime.

     --dkg
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