On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 23:40 +0000, Nate Nielsen wrote: > Nate Nielsen wrote: > > Wouter Bolsterlee wrote: > >> På Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:04:09PM +0000, Nate Nielsen skrev: > >>> Key Manager > >>> * gnome-keyring integration for GnuPG and OpenSSH > >> As an outsider I'm wondering: would a merge with gnome-keyring itself > >> instead of building on top of it be a good idea? > > > > The underlying concepts and technologies of gnome-keyring (which really > > should be 'gnome-password') and encryption keys are extremely different. > > > > That said, presenting them to the user in a common UI may be an idea > > worth pursuing. > > I had a discussion today with some users and to them it seemed like a > perfect idea to show a tab with 'Passwords' in the main seahorse > 'keyring window'. Said they had wondered why their passwords didn't show up. > > I guess as a programmer the concepts of 'encryption keys' and > 'passwords' are totally different for me, but for people who don't > understand the intricacies, they fit together well. > > The reason I've CC'd Alex is because I can't figure out where to discuss > changes to gnome-keyring... Any ideas? > > In particular I'd like to modify gnome-keyring-daemon so that there is a > a 'mode' of accessing items without accessing the secrets themselves, > and therefore not needing one of those nasty 'this application wants to > access this password' prompts for every single password in the users > gnome-keyring keyring. > > Cheers, > Nate >
There is actually a bug that exists regarding starting a mailing list for gnome-keyring. It seems like use of the project is starting to gain steam, so this might be the time to pull the trigger. Well I have beat this topic to death...okay I will stop now. really. Jon _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
