please implement a newer version of sop

[dkg]

the sop spec has been improved. at least these three significant changes as of draft -04:

• three new subcommands related to inline-signed (but not encrypted) documents (including the cleartext signing framework)
• version takes --backend and --extended options
• handling password-locked key material

it would be great for gosop to support these changes.

[twiss]

f2dd39284cc736de958c20252b43ad472d8622a4 implements gosop version --backend/--extended, the others are to be done still :)

[dkg]

If you're trying to prioritize the new subcommands, i recommend prioritizing inline-verify as it will enable using gosop to run the tie-breaker script used in the recent keys.openpgp.org board election.

[dkg]

if you implement inline-sign and inline-verify then that would enable the use of gosop in upcoming versions of dpkg

[twiss]

Thanks for the suggestion! Would it already be useful if we start with only implementing signing and verifying clearsigned messages? That would be easiest :)

[dkg]

Sure, that'd be a great start. Just make sure that you produce an error if the user invokes inline-sign without --as=clearsigned, if that's the only form it knows how to produce ☺ The default for inline-signed --as= should be binary even if it's not implemented.

[dkg]

a nudge here, as it would be really useful to have this interface available.

[twiss]

Hey :wave: Signing and verifying clearsigned messages is actually implemented now :) Support for regular inline signed messages is in progress, as well.

[guillemj]

Thanks for working on this! I locally added gosop support into the SOP backend in dpkg, but it is still failing due to at least the Armor Headers issue I filed, the 8-bit handling and the missing non-clearsigned support.

[lubux]

WIP see: https://github.com/ProtonMail/gosop/issues/19#issuecomment-1619912468.

[dkg]

I'm closing this ticket as it's pretty broad (the sop spec continues to evolve), and more targeted tickets are probably more useful for specific commentary.