= 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.

The [[https://dev.gnupg.org/project/board/117/|Release Info workboard]] 
sometimes has more features for upcoming GnuPG or Gpg4win releases.

== 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 for Gpg4win by using the simple Gnu~PG installer.

 * 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 4.1.0 (tba)

== Gpg4win 4.0.x (2022)
* Fixing important defects.
* Will be released as needed.
* New features (that keep the user experience).


== 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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