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ecryptfs-utils package

Bug #257901
Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 257901

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote on 2008-08-15: Re: [Bug 257901] Re: Suggestion: GUI frontend(s) for ecryptfs-utils

#15

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Mike Rooney <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Dustin! I am going to install Intrepid-A4 and wanted to ping you to
> make sure the instructions I should use to test this are the ones under
> "Testing" from the Wiki page. I noticed it says it is up to date as of
> 8/4, and wanted to make sure it was still up to date.

Yes, those are current. I just installed a new KVM and used those instructions.

I will note that the "auth-client-config" command will hopefully be
going away soon. Steve Langasek is working on a PAM configuration
framework that I should be able to require and call in the
ecryptfs-utils package itself to setup the pam_ecryptfs module
appropriately.

I will keep those instructions up-to-date.

> By the way, is this GUI something you want to make into Intrepid and if
> so, what is the process?

Personally, I would very much like to see a GUI in Intrepid. However,
I doubt it would make it into Main. It would probably need to go into
Universe for Intrepid, but, of course, I'm not the final arbiter of
any of this ;-)

> Does it need to be its own package?

Yes. The ecryptfs-utils package is currently technically a "server"
package, so we couldn't/shouldn't start requiring gtk, etc.

I'm going to ping the upstream ecryptfs-utils maintainer and ask what
his opinion on the proper "home" for an ecryptfs-util-gui project
would be.

> I can make an Ecryptfs-GUI project on Launchpad if

Agreed. I suggest you call it "ecryptfs-gui". We'll need the
packaging, and such done too. At which point, we can provide binary
installables in a PPA.

Next, we'll propose it as a new package in REVU,
http://revu.ubuntuwire.com. It'll go through a vetting process, and
we'll need people advocating its inclusion into Universe.

> How do we handle translations?

I have no idea :-)

> I am happy to take this as seriously or not seriously as you find
> appropriate :) However I do think if this feature makes it into
> Intrepid, a GUI is pretty important.

Agreed. Hopefully, we can get this into Universe.

:-Dustin

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Mike Rooney <launchpad@rowk.com> wrote:
> Hi Dustin! I am going to install Intrepid-A4 and wanted to ping you to
> make sure the instructions I should use to test this are the ones under
> "Testing" from the Wiki page. I noticed it says it is up to date as of
> 8/4, and wanted to make sure it was still up to date.

Yes, those are current.  I just installed a new KVM and used those instructions.

I will note that the "auth-client-config" command will hopefully be
going away soon.  Steve Langasek is working on a PAM configuration
framework that I should be able to require and call in the
ecryptfs-utils package itself to setup the pam_ecryptfs module
appropriately.

I will keep those instructions up-to-date.

> By the way, is this GUI something you want to make into Intrepid and if
> so, what is the process?

Personally, I would very much like to see a GUI in Intrepid.  However,
I doubt it would make it into Main.  It would probably need to go into
Universe for Intrepid, but, of course, I'm not the final arbiter of
any of this ;-)

> Does it need to be its own package?

Yes.  The ecryptfs-utils package is currently technically a "server"
package, so we couldn't/shouldn't start requiring gtk, etc.

I'm going to ping the upstream ecryptfs-utils maintainer and ask what
his opinion on the proper "home" for an ecryptfs-util-gui project
would be.

> I can make an Ecryptfs-GUI project on Launchpad if

Agreed.  I suggest you call it "ecryptfs-gui".  We'll need the
packaging, and such done too.  At which point, we can provide binary
installables in a PPA.

Next, we'll propose it as a new package in REVU,
http://revu.ubuntuwire.com.  It'll go through a vetting process, and
we'll need people advocating its inclusion into Universe.