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Re: XOAUTH2 (GMail) auth source integration package now on github
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: XOAUTH2 (GMail) auth source integration package now on github |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:15:42 -0400 |
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> Yes -- for a variety of reasons, I don't think this is a good
> candidate for inclusion in ELPA or Emacs itself, but should stay
> as a standalone package (added to MELPA whenever I have the time
> or somebody else does it).
Please don't add it to MELPA if it has a nontechnical problem!
> Strictly speaking, there is no dependency on Google at all in the
> package: it should work with any "XOAUTH2-compliant server." In
> practice, however, Gmail is the only reason people need support
> for XOAUTH2 authentication mechanisms, so it's a moot point.
That might make a significant difference. I thought you were saying
that this program itself depended on Google, but now it appears I
misunderstood that.
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Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
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