[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#1091200: override: gpgv:utils/optional

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Mon 23 Dec 2024 at 01:17pm +01, Julian Andres Klode wrote:

> Package: ftp.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: gnupg2 at packages.debian.org, debian-boot at lists.debian.org, juliank at ubuntu.com
> Control: affects -1 + src:gnupg2
> User: ftp.debian.org at packages.debian.org
> Usertags: override
>
> The gpgv tool is no longer used by apt as of the 2.9.19 upload.
> It is the only thing left pulling in libgcrypt and whole bunch
> of GnuPG packages into a standard debootstrap.
>
> I suggest demoting it to optional. I do not believe use of gpgv
> by users is super wide-spread that it warrants standard priority.

Generally it is helpful in bootstrapping situations to verify, e.g.,
checksums for ISOs, and the like.

What do the gpg maintainers think?

-- 
Sean Whitton
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