On 08.02.2015 12:04, Branko Čibej wrote:
> On 08.02.2015 10:58, Bert Huijben wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markphip_at_gmail.com]
>>> Sent: zondag 8 februari 2015 02:48
>>> To: dev_at_subversion.apache.org
>>> Cc: commits_at_subversion.apache.org
>>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r1658123 - in /subversion/trunk/subversion:
>>> bindings/javahl/native/OperationContext.cpp
>>> bindings/javahl/native/Prompter.cpp bindings/javahl/native/Prompter.h
>>> libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring/gnome_keyring.c
>>>
>>> What might this be useful for? Non-GUI apps? I assume this will not break
>> the
>>> current functionality, which finally works as of 1.8.11.
>> It will only change behavior if the prompt function is both hooked *and*
>> does provide a password. Some optional callback that allows to provide a
>> password should be added to JavaHL, as using JavaHL doesn't imply that you
>> are using a GUI that has access to the Gnome display handling.
> I don't like the idea of exposing platform-specific authentication
> callbacks in the JavaHL API.
>
> IIUC, if you're using the command-line client in a headless terminal and
> want to use the Gnome keyring, you have to start the Gnome keyring
> daemon and unlock the keyring manually, e.g., as described here:
>
> http://superuser.com/questions/141036/use-of-gnome-keyring-daemon-without-x
>
> I don't see a good reason to have JavaHL behave differently.
I reverted r1658123 and r1658123 in r1658150, with Bert's +1 from IRC.
-- Brane
Received on 2015-02-08 12:28:13 CET