Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?

[Stefan]

> I agree, if you mean that we shouldn't change _Gnus related_ files, in
> Emacs, to use password.el.  Those changes could go into Gnus CVS.  I
> think it may be useful to change some other Emacs packages, like
> telnet.el, though.  I don't use telnet.el, but perhaps there are other
> packages I use that currently have some ad-hoc password handling code.

Changing telnet.el and/or other packages can wait to after the release.
There's no hurry.  I think the main point is to provide the framework
(i.e. password.el) so that other code can begin to use it.

> Incidentally, I realized that password.el could be enhanced with
> support for netrc.el (i.e., passwords stored in ~/.authinfo), or even
> storing passwords via customize (in ~/.emacs).

Sure.  We're in feature freeze, tho, so better stop thinking about how
things could be further changed and start thinking about how to get the
manual and the remaining bugs fixed, instead.
Otherwise we'll never reach a release.


        Stefan