**Noteworthy changes in version 2.4.4** (2024-01-25)
* gpg: Do not keep an unprotected smartcard backup key on disk. See
https://gnupg.org/blog/20240125-smartcard-backup-key.html for a
security advisory. [T6944]
* gpg: Allow to specify seconds since Epoch beyond 2038 on 32-bit
platforms. [T6736]
* gpg: Fix expiration time when Creation-Date is specified. [T5252]
* gpg: Add support for Subkey-Expire-Date. [rG96b69c1866]
* gpg: Add option --with-v5-fingerprint. [T6705]
* gpg: Add sub-option ignore-attributes to --import-options.
[rGd4976e35d2]
* gpg: Add --list-filter properties sig_expires/sig_expires_d.
[rGbf662d0f93af]
* gpg: Fix validity of re-imported keys. [T6399]
* gpg: Report BEGIN_ status before examining the input. [T6481]
* gpg: Don't try to compress a read-only keybox. [T6811]
* gpg: Choose key from inserted card over a non-inserted
card. [T6831]
* gpg: Allow to create revocations even with non-compliant algos.
[T6929]
* gpg: Fix regression in the Revoker keyword of the parameter file.
[T6923]
* gpg: Improve error message for expired default keys. [T4704]
* gpgsm: Add --always-trust feature. [T6559]
* gpgsm: Support ECC certificates in de-vs mode. [T6802]
* gpgsm: Major rewrite of the PKCS#12 parser. [T6536]
* gpgsm: No not show the pkcs#12 passphrase in debug output. [T6654]
* keyboxd: Timeout on failure to get the database lock. [T6838]
* agent: Update the key stubs only if really modified. [T6829]
* scd: Add support for certain Starcos 3.2 cards. [rG5304c9b080]
* scd: Add support for CardOS 5.4 cards. [rG812f988059]
* scd: Add support for D-Trust 4.1/4.4 cards. [rG0b85a9ac09]
* scd: Add support for Smartcafe Expert 7.0 cards. [T6919]
* scd: Add a length check for a new PIN. [T6843]
* tpm: Fix keytotpm handling in the agent. [rG9909f622f6]
* tpm: Fixes for the TPM test suite. [T6052]
* dirmngr: Avoid starting a second instance on Windows via GPGME
based launching. [T6833]
* dirmngr: New option --ignore-crl-extensions. [T6545]
* dirmngr: Support config value "none" to disable the default
keyserver. [T6708]
* dirmngr: Implement automatic proxy detection on Windows. [T5768]
* dirmngr: Fix handling of the HTTP Content-Length. [rGa5e33618f4]
* dirmngr: Add code to support proxy authentication using the
Negotiation method on Windows. [T6719]
* gpgconf: Add commands --lock and --unlock. [rG93b5ba38dc]
* gpgconf: Add keyword socketdir to gpgconf.ctl. [rG239c1fdc28]
* gpgconf: Adjust the -X command for the new VERSION file format.
[T6918]
* wkd: Use export-clean for gpg-wks-client's --mirror and --create
commands. [rG2c7f7a5a278c]
* wkd: Make --add-revocs the default in gpg-wks-client. New option
--no-add-revocs. [rG10c937ee68]
* Remove duplicated backslashes when setting the homedir. [T6833]
* Ignore attempts to remove the /dev/null device. [T6556]
* Improve advisory file lock retry strategy. [T3380]
* Improve the speedo build system for Unix. [T6710]
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