Re: [Evolution-hackers] Authentication/Password Issue in Evolution Data Server .....

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 02:22, Michael Meeks wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 17:30 -0500, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > This means that evolution proper will still have to query for passwords
> > and that is 90% of the issue. At that point, why not just have the
> > front-end save them?
> 
> 	Because then _every_ front-end has to save them; so we get to
> cut/paste/duplicate that code in everything that uses e-d-s; which we
> want to expand to include ~every app. (OO.o / panel / gaim /
> gnome-meeting ...) The reason this has come-up, is that it's actively
> painful for the OO.o code.

if the front-end sued gnome-keyring or whatever, wouldn't that solve
this issue?

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
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