On Thursday 09 June 2016 08:46:49 Hans Vanpee wrote:
> Tobias Ellinghaus <me@...> writes:
> > Tobias Ellinghaus <me <at> ...> writes:
> > Unless you provide a link to the specifications that guarantee that
> > "Login"
> > exists that would be no better than using "darktable" I fear.
> 
> This text explains how the "Login" keyring works:
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring/Pam

That is Gnome specific. Doesn't apply to us.

> > Oh, good catch. I wonder why no one found that bug earlier. Thank you very
> > much. I will have a look and fix that at least.
> 
> You're welcome, it took me some time to find this.
> 
> > See above, it's not a fix, just a band aid hiding the problem for you (and
> > maybe others, we don't know that).
> 
> I left the code to create the new collection when "Login" is not found. I
> should add some code to check for "darktable" when "Login" isn't there so we
> can manage both. But the advantage of the "Login" collection is that it
> gets unlocked automatically when logging into the system.
> 
> With our own collection the user needs to create a new password or leave the
> credentials unprotected (this is how I understand things from reading the
> documentation). Most Gnome applications seem to use the "Login" collection
> as it makes everything transparent to the user.

darktable is not a Gnome application.

> > > I'll try to get the patch to you somehow.
> 
> done.
> 
> Before continuing we'll need to decide which way to go: login, darktable or
> both.
> 
> Hans
> 
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