This is NOT a "plea for the fastest possible integration into Mozilla". Sorry Mathias ;-)
If we use simple existing technologi we may even get MicroSoft, Opera, Konqurer and (the w3c referense browser) Amaya to support this solution.
I also have to think a bit more ...
Suggestions anyone?
As I stated in my first mail, the topic is likely to spark lots of ideas and proposals. http://secclab.mozdev.org and http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/formx/ seem like interesting forums to discuss/investigate future implementation and I look forward having more time to go further. But looking at the newsgroup, there are things I have not seen challenged (yet?):
- there is a need of a function to sign "stuff" using Mozilla.
- there is/was a function called crypto.signText() in Netscape that provided that feature in a way that is "good enough".
- there are people wanting this function in Mozilla.
- there is a patch http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29152
that implements successfully crypto.signText() in Mozilla.
The next logical step would be to include that patch in the Mozilla CVS. The "bug" has been classified as "P3" "Enhancement" with a Target Milestone "Futur" for PSM 2.0. I agree to that this is not a critical/show-stopper "bug". But I don't understand several :
- why this feature is so low on the TODO list and constantly pushed back (but this is probably subjective) ?
- why is fixing a feature regression called enhancement ?
- what is needed for a patch to be tested (except for kaie I see no activity) from Mozilla team. Is it because it's called "enhancement" that it is not tested ?
- in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139258 (a duplicate bug), there is a comment form Stephane Saux (2002-04-24): "This function is not available in PSM. This is a future enhancement.". What does that mean ?
One solution would probably involve voting for this bug to tell the Mozilla team you think this issue is important:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29152
I know this might sound like a typical user enhancement request: "Why isn't this feature in ?", "This is important", etc... But it's not something superficial, esthetic or comfortable. It's a feature that excludes or will exclude Mozilla from being an acceptable browser: if you don't believe me look at the bug reports and in the newsgroup, you'll see people that *need* this function for their application to support Mozilla.
Sincerely,
-- Mathias Brossard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
