[Qgis-developer] Port Password Helper plugin into core

[Nyall Dawson]

On 9 March 2017 at 02:18, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Boundless has developed a C++ plugin [1] to allow storage and synchronization of the QGIS master password with the OS password manager.
> The plugin has been tested on Windows, Mac and Linux.
>
> The plugin is based on qtkeychain library [2], that would become a new dependency, the library is available on major linux distributions, it is in homebrew and can be easily build on Windows.
>
> Any objection if I start the integration into core? It will not be a C++ plugin but part of the authentication manager.

Sounds like a great idea to me! Anything which encourages greater
take-up of the auth system and makes this easier for end users to
utilise is a good move.

Nyall