My question is what does this extra dependancy give us apart from extra 
complexity?

I can't see any enhancement in security with this method?

Cheers,
Sam



On 13/12/2012, at 4:44 AM, Ken Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings all!
> 
> I'm look into using keyring as a way to (optionally) remove clear text 
> passwords from the various config files. (See 
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/oslo/+spec/pw-keyrings for details.)
> 
> One of the comments I got back is that I should have the oslo build 
> dependency on keyring be optional until a consensus is reached that it's okay 
> to add it.  I see that keystoneclient is already doing an "import keyring" 
> and catching the exception if it's not there. I can certainly do something 
> similar, but it seems like it would simplify things if we did just have 
> keyring as a regular hard dependency. You don't have to use it, but it's 
> there if you want it.
> 
> So, is this the proper forum to bring this up?
> 
> And if so, can we start the ball rolling to get a decision on getting that 
> dependency approved?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
> 
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