[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#1022702: Bug#1022702: gnupg: Migrating packaging from 2.2.x to "stable" 2.3.x

NIIBE Yutaka gniibe at fsij.org
Wed Aug 23 05:44:19 BST 2023


NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe at fsij.org> wrote:
> Besides, in my opinion, the agent_cache_housekeeping function makes less
> sense (it's totally OK to only check the expiration on its use).  Having
> expired entries on memory is no problem at all, than running gpg-agent
> process periodically; memory is cheap but buttery power is not (for my
> use case).

I was wrong.  The ticket for agent_cache_housekeeping is:

    https://dev.gnupg.org/T3829

It was introduced because of some risk keeping passphrase.

I'd like to consider to improve the implementation of cache and
expiration, not using handle_tick.
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