From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#30190: 27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:58:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r2qjh0fs.fsf@gmail.com> <87efm259s5.fsf@gmail.com> <83vafe9f16.fsf@gnu.org> <87wozfkt9t.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9kiejd4.fsf@gmail.com> <83606q6xr7.fsf@gnu.org> <873718qpme.fsf@gmail.com> <87in6erte5.fsf@gmail.com> <83efh1s9s3.fsf@gnu.org> <87602drqan.fsf@gmail.com> <8336xgsvt3.fsf@gnu.org> <878t6892pv.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1531965426 31761 195.159.176.226 (19 Jul 2018 01:57:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 01:57:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 30190@debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky To: Tino Calancha Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 19 03:57:02 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyBi-0008Al-9I for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 03:57:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38960 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDp-0005M8-81 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:59:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58392) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDe-0005M1-R2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:59:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDe-00016p-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42327) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDd-00016j-UH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDd-0003Nl-KM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:59:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 01:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 30190 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed security Original-Received: via spool by 30190-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B30190.153196553212985 (code B ref 30190); Thu, 19 Jul 2018 01:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 30190) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jul 2018 01:58:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47345 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDT-0003NN-NQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:58:51 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:34945) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffyDR-0003NF-It for 30190@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w6J1wmXD000399; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:58:48 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3730F661B8; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:58:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Tino Calancha's message of "Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:28:20 +0900 (JST)") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6332=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6332> : inlines <6761> : streams <1792954> : uri <2675772> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:148655 Archived-At: > Of course, nothing. I imagine it's for historical reasons; probably > someone introduced ?* at some point in term.el and nobody cared about it. I think this ?* came before the ?. of read-passwd, actually. > Let's be realistic, these kind of changes usually are not welcome. > Not a problem though. It's very minor issue and many people would love ?. Could be. I personally really don't have a preference, but I can definitely see that ?* might be more legible, and hence preferable for "rational" reasons rather than a mere preference. And I'm having trouble imagining people being emotionally tied to ?. Stefan