On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 17:59 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:57:56AM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 14:17 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:34:36PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > > I would urge you to use fprintd instead of libfprint directly (and you'd
> > > > get the Python bindings for free).
> > > 
> > > Sounds like a good idea.
> 
> On second thought, why not use libfprint directly?
> 
> My application's needs are modest. I need to register a bunch of 
> employees with a name and optional photo. There will be no corresponding 
> account in /etc/passwd. That's about it.
> 
> Are there any other benefits from using fprintd that I ought to be aware 
> of?

Pluggable storage backends, work-arounds for a number of libfprint bugs,
usable from Python and other languages without the need for specific
bindings. And it's nicely documented :)

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