[vlc-devel] commit: Use add_password instead of add_string when applicable. ( Rémi Duraffort )

Rémi Duraffort ivoire at videolan.org
Wed Jun 24 13:28:05 CEST 2009


> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:48:20 +0200, Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net>
> wrote:
> > Arguably, HTTP and FTP user and password options should be marked as
> > volatile and not shown in the UI at all. Then the issue is moot. It does
> > not make much sense to save credentials FOR ALL SERVERS of a given
> > protocol.
> 
> ...Or revert back to add_string and assume the user is *sane* and will only
> save his/her email address for anonymous login rather than a real password
> for any given private FTP server.
For ftp we can assume that the users will only save their email adress
so I can revert back to add_string.


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Rémi Duraffort | ivoire



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