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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Cc: vivek@etla.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New package for NonGNU ELPA : totp-auth
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 22:55:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1rYeSx-0000F9-U6@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zfwcbqy2.fsf@gmx.de> (message from Michael Albinus on Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:48:21 +0100)

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  > I'm not Vivek, but I'm currently reviewing his code. The big advantage
  > over a shell command is, that it integrates with Emacs' password
  > infrastructure auth-source.el.

  > OTOH, I don't see which advantage we would gain if the implementation
  > is based on a shell command.

The advantage would be to make this feature easy to invoke from
context outside Emacs.  I have a feeling that would be useful.

I can't estimate the magnutude of the disadvantages, though.

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-10  3:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-05 15:35 New package for NonGNU ELPA : totp-auth Vivek Das Mohapatra
2024-02-06 10:04 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-02-06 10:24   ` Po Lu
2024-02-06 10:27     ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-02-07  3:16 ` Richard Stallman
2024-02-07  6:46   ` Jean Louis
2024-02-08 19:15     ` Morgan Willcock
2024-02-12  9:10       ` Jean Louis
2024-02-14 13:05         ` Jean Louis
2024-02-07  8:23   ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-02-07  8:48   ` Michael Albinus
2024-02-10  3:55     ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2024-02-07 11:43   ` Vivek Das Mohapatra
2024-02-10  3:55     ` Richard Stallman
2024-02-07 13:43 ` Michael Albinus

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