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[Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Bhuvaneswaran A <bhuvan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 7:46 AM, David Kranz <david.kranz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I share Doug's concerns but would state some more strongly. IMO, it is
> > simply unacceptable to modify user-visible behavior based on whether some
> > package that happens to be used in an implementation is installed or not.
> > This package is installed on Ubuntu by default and may be used by other
> > applications that have nothing to do with OpenStack at all.
>
> Yes, as python-keyring is installed in almost all systems, the
> behaviour is unchanged.
>
> > If we really want to go down this road there should be an environment
> > variable that can be set to turn off this behavior for applications that
> do
> > not want it.
>
> David, good point. I'll revise the patch to not use keyring, if
> environment variable USE_KEYRING=0. If environment variable is not set
> or if it is USE_KEYRING=1, then keyring is used to store password.
>

How about OS_USE_KEYRING so it is clearer that the variable is related to
openstack?


>
> Doug, agree?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bhuvaneswaran A
> www.livecipher.com
>
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