On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 04:52:55PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2026/02/12 15:22, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wanted to test Flare messenger, but it errors with: > > > > The communication with libsecret failed. > > > I'm wondering how this could be more exposed to the user? Package > > readme? > > > > I'm not sure what lightweight choices for Secret Service providers are > > in ports, as the KDE / GNOME ones are too heavy for my taste. Do you > > guys have any advise? > > It's probably worth looking at KeepassXC which is supposed to have > this functionality. There are some other ideas for things not in ports > at https://superuser.com/a/1844014 though systemd features in docs for > most, and several refer to archived projects.. > > Let me know if you figure out how to get something other than > gnome-keyring working, I'd be happy to add a pkg-readme (or if nothing > else is working then perhaps an RDEP on gnome-keyring would make sense, > though I'd prefer not to force it if there's an alternative). >
Giving what I read from this thread I would not force run dependency on specific Secret Service provider. I think a README is better choice for this. However, what to recommend in the README -- I don't know, because my personal findings are very disappointing and I don't know is Secret Service integration a secure solution at all. So far, I experimented with KeepassXC as Secret Service provider and I would not use it. I did quick test of Flare messenger with gnome-keyring-daemon and they work together. However I already uninstalled Flare because it was not receiving messages sent to me, however I could send messages to others. -- Regards, Mikolaj
