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gnome-keyring-manager package

  1. Bug #64160
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 64160

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Henk Koster (h-a-j-koster) wrote : Re: [Bug 64160] Re: Cannot get rid of it...

On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 20:43 +0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> evolution-data-server has been rebuilt without gnome-keyring this
> morning (bug #63443)
>
> removing the keyring is not possible though. nautilus, gnome-vfs, etc
> use it to store passwords and have no other way to store a password.
> Write duplicated code because some people don't like a keyring doesn't
> make sense. Some other people will not like the keyring nor the plain
> text format and will want another format, etc. Upstream already has
> enough of code without writing extra code and maintain because some
> people want to remove the gnome-keyring. Note that if entering your
> password is your only issue with the keyring there is a pam-keyring
> feature being work: cf bug #43169 by example

OK, I understand that choices will have to be made, pros and cons etc.
At any rate, Evolution now works fine after the update. Thanks for
giving this matter your attention.

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Henk Koster <email address hidden>