On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 01:58:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> wrote: > > As of 1.6, Subversion asks the user before saving passwords in > > plaintext. 1.6 also added support for using GNOME Keyring and KDE Wallet > > as password stores. > > Yup. There are, as noted, unfortunately a lot of hassles involved > with those tools in a non-GUI environment; what we really need is a > lightweight, secure, standard keyring service. But getting Linux > distros to standardize on *anything* is like herding cats, so I'm not > holding my breath. ;) The assumption seems to be that these are > things that only desktop users really want, so bundling them as part > of the GUI is sufficient. I don't blame Subversion for that, though.
I hope the work-in-progress gpg-agent support I mentioned will fill that gap. Would using gpg-agent work for you? Stefan
