diff --git a/lang/python/docs/Short_History.rst b/lang/python/docs/Short_History.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 8f609272..00000000 --- a/lang/python/docs/Short_History.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -========================================== -A Short History of gpg bindings for Python -========================================== - -In 2002 John Goerzen released PyME; Python bindings for the GPGME -module which utilised the current release of Python of the time -(Python 2.2 or 2.3) and SWIG. Shortly after creating it and ensuring -it worked he stopped supporting it, though left his work available on -his Gopher site. - -A couple of years later the project was picked up by Igor Belyi and -actively developed and maintained by him from 2004 to 2008. Igor's -whereabouts at the time of this document's creation are unknown, but -the current authors do hope he is well. We're assuming (or hoping) -that life did what life does and made continuing untenable. - -In 2014 Martin Albrecht wanted to patch a bug in the PyME code and -discovered the absence of Igor. Following a discussion on the PyME -mailing list he became the new maintainer for PyME, releasing version -0.9.0 in May of that year. He remains the maintainer of the original -PyME release in Python 2.6 and 2.7 (available via PyPI). - -In 2015 Ben McGinnes approached Martin about a Python 3 version, while -investigating how complex a task this would be the task ended up being -completed. A subsequent discussion with Werner Koch led to the -decision to fold the Python 3 port back into the original GPGME -release in the languages subdirectory for non-C bindings. Ben is the -maintainer of the Python 3 port within GPGME. - -In 2016 PyME was renamed to "gpg" and adopted by the upstream GnuPG -team. - ---------------------- -The Annoyances of Git ---------------------- - -As anyone who has ever worked with git knows, submodules are horrible -way to deal with pretty much anything. In the interests of avoiding -migraines, that is being skipped with addition of PyME to GPGME. -Instead the files will be added to the subdirectory, along with a copy -of the entire git log up to that point as a separate file within the -docs directory (old-commits.log). As the log for PyME is nearly 100KB -and the log for GPGME is approximately 1MB, this would cause -considerable bloat, as well as some confusion, should the two be -merged. Hence the unfortunate, but necessary, step to simply move the -files. A regular repository version will be maintained should it be -possible to implement this better in the future. - - ------------------- -The Perils of PyPI ------------------- - -At the current time the Python 3 fork is not available via PyPI and -the pip installer. The recommended installation method is to follow -the instructions in lang/py3-pyme/INSTALL. This will build the -necessary SWIG portions against the installed version of GPGME.