| | 38 | === How === |
| | 39 | To make it more difficult for me to start I've found not one but several candidates for interacting with GnuPG from Python (http://wiki.python.org/moin/GnuPrivacyGuard has a listing with some more comments): |
| | 40 | * [http://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/ python-gnupg] |
| | 41 | * PRO: no additional dependencies but pure Python, works on Windows as well as Unix/Linux, most complete set of gpg actions including key generation and management, active development - python 3 support since July 2009, latest release v0.2.4 from 01-03-2010 |
| | 42 | * CON: no Debian package? |
| | 43 | * [http://py-gnupg.sourceforge.net/ Python GnuPGInterface] |
| | 44 | * PRO: Debian package python-gnupginterface-0.3.2-9 |
| | 45 | * CON: concentrates on interacting with GnuPG via filehandles, based on Perl module GnuPG::Interface by same author, rumors about being "not very easy to use", doesn't work on Windows ([http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1859636&group_id=29555&atid=396635 open feature request] since 2007, even has predecessor from 2002 that was plainly rejected), quite old - latest release v0.3.2 from 24-02-2002, even looks unmaintained since 2008 |
| | 46 | * [https://launchpad.net/pygpgme PyGPGME] |
| | 47 | * PRO: Debian package python-gpgme-0.1+bzr20090820-1+b1 |
| | 48 | * CON: ? |
| | 49 | * [http://pyme.sourceforge.net/ PyMe] |
| | 50 | * PRO: interface to C GPGME library, not limited to gpg by design, other backends planned, works on Windows as well as Unix/Linux, latest release v0.8.1 from 26-11-2008, Debian package python-pyme-0.8.1+clean-1 |
| | 51 | * CON: complex dependencies because built on GPGME + Python + SWIG |
| | 52 | * [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/OpenPGP/ OpenPGP] |
| | 53 | * PRO: ? |
| | 54 | * CON: no information on Windows support, quite old - latest release v0.2.3 from 01-07-2005, even looks unmaintained ([http://www.aonalu.net/openpgp project homepage] currently unreachable) |
| | 55 | * [http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/cryptlib/ cryptlib] |
| | 56 | * PRO: interface to a range of plug-in encryption modules, not only but including gnupg, language bindings for C / C++, C# / .NET, Delphi, Java, Python, and Visual Basic, re-entrant and completely thread-safe, most core algorithms implemented in assembly language, support crypto hardware acceleration facilities like in Via C3 CPU family, extensive documentation designed for cut-n-paste directly from manual |
| | 57 | * CON: ? |
| | 58 | conclusion? recommendations? known-good code references or popular applications? |
| | 59 | |
