GPG guide/Version Log

This page describes the changes between the different versions of the guide. The workflow for updating to a new version goes like this:

1) The FSF makes changes to the English version of the guide. They may be only on the dev version at enc-dev0.fsf.org or they may be copied to the live version at emailselfdefense.fsf.org. All translators will be made aware which is the case. When the FSF updates the translation, the version number in the footer will be updated.

2) The maintainers or currently active translators of all versions will be made aware of the changes. They then update their translation on enc-dev0.fsf.org and update the version number. When they are finished with the update and the changes have been reviewed by at least one other speaker of both English and the target language, the maintainer lets the FSF know and the FSF copies over the updated translation to the live site at emailselfdefense.fsf.org.

Translation status

Launched translations

• English
  • At 4.0 Zakkai (talk) 18:48, 22 January 2016 (EST)
  • Edward set up
• Spanish
  • At 3.0 Zakkai 18:09, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
  • Edward set up Zakkai 11:55, 24 July 2014 (EDT)
• Italian
  • At 3.0 Zakkai 16:12, 29 September 2014 (EDT)
  • Edward set up Zakkai 11:46, 18 July 2014 (EDT)
• Romanian
  • At 3.0 Zakkai 17:01, 6 October 2014 (EDT)
  • Edward set up. Zakkai 16:11, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
• Greek
  • At 3.0. Zakkai 16:11, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
  • Edward set up. Zakkai 16:11, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
• Portuguese
  • At 3.0
  • Edward set up.
• German
  • At 3.0
  • Edward set up.
• French
  • At 3.0
  • Edward set up.
• Turkish
  • At 3.0
  • Edward set up.
• Russian
  • At 3.0
  • Edward set up.
• Japanese.
  • At 2.0. Asked for a completion date on 9/22. If no reply, find more translators. Zakkai 11:06, 23 September 2014 (EDT)
  • Edward set up but apparently has encoding problems, as described in a 10/5/2014 email from translators.

Unlaunched translation

• Malayalam - a little bit done (11:00 7/7)
  • Edward status unkown
• Arabic
• Korean - text done except for review, no images done. (15:20 7/16)
  • Edward not set up

Versions

The newest official English version is 4.0

At the beginning of this versioning log, 2.0 (published 2014-06-30) was the current version.

Remember that most changes to index.html, windows.html and mac.html must be made on all three of those pages. Changes to the footer must be made on all pages. Only Section 1 and the troubleshooting for Step 2.a are different for the three operating systems.

Differences between 3.1 and 4.0 (previous version)

• Teach Your Friends page added
• Total overhaul of the text on all pages except infographic.html and confirmation.html

Differences between 3.0 and 3.1

Section 1 Intro

• Changed description of Thunderbird-based Web mail clients to mention and emphasize IceDove.

Differences between 2.1 and 3.0

The English version 3.0 was published on 08/14/2014. The main purpose of this update is to accommodate the update of Enigmail to version 1.7.

Section 1 Intro

• Improved text (just last paragraph)

Step 1.A

• Changed title
• Removed a troubleshooting step
• Added a troubleshooting step

Step 2.A

• Updated text
• Updated troubleshooting

Step 2.B

• Updated text

Step 2.GnuPG, OpenPGP, what?

• Updated text

Step 3.A

• Updated text

Step 3.B

• Updated text
• Moved misplaced paragraph to here from 3.B
• Added mising word in troubleshooting

Step 3.C

• Moved misplaced paragraph to 3.B

3.Security tips

• Updated text

Section 4 Intro

• Updated text

Step 4.A

• Updated text

5.Important: be wary of invalid keys

• Updated text

Footer

• Updated version number to 3.0

Differences between the OS versions

These aren't version 3.0 changes. These are just existing differences between index.html, windows.html and mac.html that have not changes with this version update. They are listed here as a reference to make updating easier. After version 3.0, this list may not be correct any more. The list here is comprehensive, including all differences.

• Different menu item is highlighted in the OS selector
• Step 1 intro is different in all three
• Step 1.b of index.html is 1.c in other OS's, other OS's have a

different Step 1.b

• Step 2.a has an extra troubleshooting in index.html

Differences between 2.0 and 2.1

===FSF about/donate box at the top of index.html, mac.html and windows.html===

• Updated text
• Removed join button

===Sharing text near the top of index.html, windows.html and mac.html (to the right of OS selector)===

• Changed text from "#EMAILSELFDEFENSE" to "SHARE"
• added icons - Translators, don't worry about this - the FSF will

handle it in all versions.

===Large text at the bottom of index.html, windows.html and mac.html, which links to next_steps.html===

• Updated text

==="Make Email Self-Defense" tools even better section on next_steps.html===

• Updated text
• Removed join button

"Join the movement" section on next_steps.html

• Minor changes to text
• Formatting changes so that microblog is about newsletter join
• Added icons in front of each microblogging link - Translators, don't worry about this - the FSF will handle it in all versions.

Version note in footer

• Changed from 2.0 to 2.1