Note that 1.53 was released today which fixes a small regression:

In case of build problems related to a failed test you may want to apply rEb6df311368133df90c3bf338fbf5c90bd8d950f8.

Note: The is a bug in the gnupg-w32-2.5.3 tarballs. After untaring cd to the directory as usual but then do:

rm PLAY/src/zlib/*.[oa] PLAY/src/bzip2/*.[oa]

before you run

make -f build-aux/speedo.mk this-native

i see the tag has been published now, thanks! Given that this is an ELTS release, I'm assuming that the lack of a gnupg-2.2.46.tar.bz2 file on https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/ is deliberate.

will you tag 2.2.46 in git as well? it appears to be on rG7e48331afb611a2b39e5ae74b8806b84e54db924 but i don't see any tags.

See T7255 instead.

2.2.44 seems to be released. Is it correct that this issue shows as "open"?

In case you run into problems installing the bzip2 part w/o root rights, you need to apply rGc333e9dad66 to set the PREFIX make variable also for bzip2.

Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2024-07-03)

Debian uses symbol versions to help with library transition. See https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2024-June/035587.html for more. Although I am not sure whether this is a good idea, I just released a new version 3.0.1 with just a chnage in the symbol versioning. See rAc9e902705a