Brian Murphy writes:
Otherwise I can't see why one of these patches is not included
in the standard CVS they are no worse than the standard
system password checking mechanism.
We try not to throw things into CVS just because someone thinks it would
be a good idea. When lots of people tell us they are successfully using
a patch and would like it to be included in the standard distribution,
then we consider it. (Of course, if some *developer* thinks it's a good
idea, the process does get considerably sortened.) Now that we have an
"experimental" branch, there's a better chance of things getting
accepted there.