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Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support
From: |
Akib Azmain Turja |
Subject: |
Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:51:44 +0600 |
Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
> On 11/9/22 23:28, J.P. wrote:
>
>> Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:
>
>>> But Adam Porter (CC'ing), the maintainer of ement.el (available on GNU
>>> ELPA), a Matrix client, claims that auth-source is from the dark side[1]
>>> and refused to support it claiming it's not suitable for general use[2].
>
> Please note: I did not expect to be mentioned in this way here. It's
> not my intention to speak poorly of others' software, especially in
> public. In the Reddit post I made, I tried to be objective and show
> the problems clearly with code examples.
Sorry, I didn't want to hurt you, please forgive me.
>
> And that is merely my opinion, of course, based on the shortcomings I
> noted (e.g. the lack of API to update a secret, the undocumented
> error-handling signals, etc). I expect that, were I to use it in my
> software, I would end up working around these problems and answering
> users' support questions about them; and since I don't use it myself,
> either, it doesn't seem like a good idea to do so.
Thanks for the clarification.
>
> Nevertheless, it's clearly used by a number of people and third-party
> packages that integrate with it, so take my opinion of it with a grain
> of salt. If it seems useful to you, by all means, use it.
>
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- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, J.P., 2022/11/08
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Akib Azmain Turja, 2022/11/09
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, J.P., 2022/11/09
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Akib Azmain Turja, 2022/11/09
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, J.P., 2022/11/10
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Adam Porter, 2022/11/10
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, J.P., 2022/11/10
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Adam Porter, 2022/11/10
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Akib Azmain Turja, 2022/11/11
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Adam Porter, 2022/11/14
- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support,
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- Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, Adam Porter, 2022/11/14
Re: bug#29108: 25.3; ERC SASL support, J.P., 2022/11/13