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Re: [PATCH] unlock gnome-keyring

From: Senthil Kumaran S <senthil_at_collab.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:54:57 +0530

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Bert Huijben wrote:
> The patch adds a console prompt to a library, which we should never do. We designed our entire authentication library to use prompt handlers and we should/must use such handlers here as well.
>
> Our library should /never/ directly communicate to the user without allowing a library user to at least override this behavior. But in almost every case the library user (=subversion client application/integration) should just provide a prompt implementation.

Bert, Yes I see this problem, which could be solved by creating a prompt
provider for unlocking gnome-keyring. I shall work on this and come up with a
patch asap.

Thank You.
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Senthil Kumaran S
http://www.stylesen.org/
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