Re: svn Gnome keyring caching broken -- was: svn + Gnome Keyring doesn't always open a dialog for pw entry

Senthil Kumaran S wrote:
>>> [trunk]
>>> <snip>
>> [...]
>>> Password for 'default' GNOME keyring: ### enter exact keyring password
>>> Authentication realm: <svn://localhost:3690> norealm
>> Does it also pop up a GUI when you have GNOME running?
>
> In trunk after r37322, it will not pop up the GUI, but puts a command line
> prompt (as shown in my sample run above). This prompt function should be
> provided by different clients via the API.
>
> I am thinking about a much better way which will use GNOME's password prompting
> GUI when it is available, if not fall back to the prompt function provided by
> the client if any.

Yes, I think that would be greatly appreciated. Me, personally, I was taken
aback at first: "what? why is this commandline thing asking me for the GNOME
password? Hope it's not spyware." :)

~Neels

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