Re: gnome-keyring Using libsecret on Windows operating system.

[Stef Walter <stefw gnome org>]

On 28.02.2016 15:03, xor wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm currently using libsecret for an application I have running on
> Linux, and I would like to avoid using a different API for my Windows
> port, so I'm trying to get libsecret working on Windows. I found
> binaries for it on pygobjectwin32, and they seem to work. However I also
> require gnome-keyring-daemon to be running, and I can't find any
> binaries for it. I'm postponing trying to compile it myself, has I don't
> have a machine running Windows natively, I'm testing code on a virtual
> machine, and the thing is quite slow, and at times unstable.
>
> I also found there is a DBus port for Windows, I was wondering if I can
> get it running, and then access the Secret API directly without
> libsecret. However, I already use DBus directly to change collection
> passwords with the, aptly named,
> 'org.gnome.keyring.InternalUnsupportedGuiltRiddenInterface' interface,
> and it's a pain.
>
> Ultimately, if none of this works I'll just use whatever other API is
> available, the libsecret code is mostly isolated from the rest of my
> project, so creating an additional module wouldn't be too ugly, but if
> someone can help me avoid this, it would be appreciated.

That probably makes sense, unless/until someone implements a Secret
Service appropriate to Windows.

Stef