bug#17839: 24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in non-interactive sessions

[Sebastian Wiesner]

Am 07.08.2014 um 17:30 schrieb Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:

>> From: Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner@lunaryorn.com>
>> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:12:27 +0200
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>,
>> schwab@suse.de,
>> 17839@debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> If I understand correctly, Windows support is the main issue
> 
> ??? No, it isn't.  Once Michael added the code to do this on Posix
> platforms, the Windows code was added to follow suit.

I’m sorry.  I did not follow the entire discussion, since I couldn’t comment on 
the implementation anyway.  All that I read was that there was some 
Windows-specific discussion, and from Stefan’s comment I presumed that Windows 
was still an issue.

But if it isn’t, I don’t see why this patch shouldn’t be “safe” for Emacs 24?  
I’m sorry if I’m asking a stupid question, but I’m not familiar with Emacs’ 
policies.