= Gpg4win Roadmap

This page lists the major goals that are worked on. For minor
releases only the next release is listed with some more details.

== Life Cycle
 * For the crypto engine, see [[https://gnupg.org/download/index.html#end-of-life|GnuPG's EOL]]. Note that  GnuPG can be updated individually for Gpg4win.

 * Gpg4win 3.1.x with GnuPG 2.2 will be maintained as part of GnuPG VS-Desktop [[https://gnupg.com/gnupg-desktop.de.html|GnuPG Desktop]] at least until Gpg4win 4 gains approval for restricted communication in Germany.

== Gpg4win 4 (Q4 2021)
 * GnuPG 2.3 
 * Improved Subkey handling in GpgOL and Kleopatra to better support "rules of representation (Vertreterregeln)".
 * New smartcard handling with support for multiple smartcards.
 * Additional Smartcard support for PIV Application - with GUI
 * ECC Support in ~Gpg~S~M (including brainpool curves)
 * [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc4880bis|RFC4880bis]] support with new ~A~E~A~D methods (EAX, OCB) in GPG
 * Support for OpenPGP v5 keys using SHA-256 fingerprints. 
 * Better support for [[https://wiki.gnupg.org/AutomatedEncryption|automated encryption]] for ~Open~P~G~P in GpgOL
 * Usability improvements


== Ongoing developments

 * Authenticated encryption support for S/MIME in Gpg~S~M
 * Better Microsoft Exchange / GAL integration for GpgOL (fingerprints and encryption info as attributes in the GAL)
 * Further improvements to automated encryption -> default on.
 * Usability and automation improvements
 * One focus is improved hardware token support (Yubikey, GnuK-Token) and for
the GnuK-Token to improve availability in [[https://dev.gnupg.org/T4363|Europe]].

== For each release
 * Update of third party libraries. 
 * Update of Gnu~P~G and libraries.

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