Re: Epiphany, Gnome Keyring, Mentoring

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hello Raphael,

Op donderdag 07-06-2007 om 08:16 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Raphael
Bosshard:

> it always (at least since I've started using Epiphany as my main
> browser) struck me as somewhat curious that Epiphany doesn't use the
> nice Gnome Keyring to manage it's passwords and stuff. This is
> something I've been waiting for a long time.

For your information, there has been talk about replacing gnome-keyring
by Seahorse once a few missing features were implemented. I don't know
what the current status on that is.

> I think the time to wait is over. I think I'd like to implement that
> feature. :D I'm a somewhat experienced C coder, I've started some
> small GTK+ projects myself and already burnt my fingers. I don't know
> the internals of Epiphany yet, but if one of you guys is willing to
> give me some hints where to look (say: mentor me), I think it won't be
> long until I'm ready to contribute some real things.

First of all, thank you for bravely taking this task upon yourself! 

The following links should get you up to speed:

http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany/FeatureDesign/GnomeKeyring
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130336

Good luck :)

regards,

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