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From: Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net>
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Subject: Re: minicrypt
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 05:31:35 +0000
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:49:09 -0000
Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> wrote:

> Stefan Claas wrote:
> >=20
> > Hi all,
> >=20
> > a little program for encrypting messages with Ed25519
> > and XChaCha20#poly1305.
> >=20
> > https://github.com/706f6c6c7578/minicrypt
> >=20
> > While it only handles one recipient, the nice thing is
> > that it only has two commands (-d decrypt, -g gen keys),
> > so that even Granny Smith can use it. :-)
> >=20
> > Another nice thing is that it produces no meta data. :-)
> >=20
> > Hope you like!
> >=20
>=20
> Example pub key:
>=20
> -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
> tRxoeAmoI+0ygSbUYHBRpbYBDkC9+Q3rSTchzSXFHrU=3D
> -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
>=20
> Example message:
>=20
> $ echo -n 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' | minicrypt stef=
an.pem
>=20
> rtzEu9Ox1ZhlerV65F6KTw5xMR/a5RjlZP7swRYJ6BxUoZ0BIOQiQL7YXmahUmxI
> Qcp9vYbhLT3o8rpRtdaxlFBiV5kIZTMIccd3Jq9wywM3Ws6fINauH4JDlM7RmWnU
> ImRTdPacNNKevavohHPFFO5NWug=3D
>=20
> (shorter than an age or GnuPG message. :-))
>=20
> --=20
> Regards
> Stefan

What if Granny is not a golang programmer? How then would Granny proceed?

How does Granny download and include the golang modules required to compile=
 this?

How does Granny configure the GOROOT and GOPATH env variables?

Answers like, 'Become a go programmer', and 'Read the manual' are not valid.

If Granny is going to use it, she needs a quick and simple solution.

Here is my guess on how to start:

$ go mod init minicrypt
$ go mod tidy

A build or makefile would be useful to Granny.

It would be nice to have a makefile that sets up the GOPATH and GOROOT in t=
he local directory then runs goget, gomod and build. Trying to configure al=
l of that manually is confusing and error-prone for non-go programmers.

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