[Bug 1744327] [NEW] Bionic includes a 16-month-old version of GnuPG (2.1.15 vs 2.2.4)

[Apicultor]

Public bug reported:

GnuPG 2.1.15 was released in August 2016:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-08/msg00009.html

The current version is 2.2.4, released December 2017 and which includes
important new functionality.

Can we get this packaged up in time for Bionic's public release?

** Affects: gnupg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Package changed: libvirt (Ubuntu) => gnupg (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Bionic includes a 16-month-old version of GnuPG (2.1.15 vs 2.2.4)

Status in gnupg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  GnuPG 2.1.15 was released in August 2016:
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-08/msg00009.html

  The current version is 2.2.4, released December 2017 and which
  includes important new functionality.

  Can we get this packaged up in time for Bionic's public release?

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