From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Post-22.1 development? Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:12:31 -0600 Message-ID: References: <878xb05ras.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <864plnorgn.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <85ps4ap0kh.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <18023.8888.790251.607253@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <4667AAD8.5040502@swipnet.se> <18024.20333.913034.347754@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181334682 10260 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2007 20:31:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ken Raeburn Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 08 22:31:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hwl74-0000S6-5d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:31:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwl70-0004SX-LN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:31:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwl6y-0004SS-4g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwl6w-0004SG-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwl6w-0004SD-DN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hwl6t-000070-5F; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l58KUKcs023969; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:30:20 -0400 Original-Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l58KUKew017192; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:30:20 -0400 Original-Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ton.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.15]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l58KUGxU010328; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:30:17 -0400 Original-Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id B519A37821F; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:12:31 -0600 (MDT) X-Attribution: Tom In-Reply-To: (Ken Raeburn's message of "Fri\, 8 Jun 2007 13\:49\:55 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:72514 Archived-At: >>>>> "Ken" == Ken Raeburn writes: >> * Keyring support. I have some code for this (supporting either the >> Gnome keyring or a private Emacs-specific one), but I haven't wired >> it in to all the code in Emacs that uses passwords. Ken> The Mac also has its Keychain system for storing passwords, Ken> encrypting them, optionally keeping them synchronized across Ken> machines, prompting the user to confirm that a program is allowed to Ken> access passwords stored by other programs, etc. Yeah. I think the Gnome keyring was designed after the Mac's. Anyway, my implementation has two back ends: an Emacs-specific one that stores a sexp encrypted with GPG, and a Gnome-specific one that uses a helper program to contact the Gnome keyring. Adding a helper program for the Mac sounds doable, at least for someone who knows the Mac. It would also be interesting to look at sharing keyring data in Emacs -- using Emacs to convert keyring formats, upload to a private shared site, whatever. Would folks prefer to see what I have now, or is a big patch to fix everything preferable? Tom