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Bug 706563 - Un-deprecate gtk-entry-password-hint-timeout
Un-deprecate gtk-entry-password-hint-timeout
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: .General
3.9.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
: 706873 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-08-22 09:35 UTC by Dominique Leuenberger
Modified: 2013-09-02 08:27 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: 3.10
GNOME version: ---


Description Dominique Leuenberger 2013-08-22 09:35:21 UTC 
As per

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2013-July/msg03050.html

gtk-entry-password-hint-timeout has been deprecated and is now ignored.

Whereas this does make perfect sense on 'regular' users and, especially on touch-driven, imprecise input devices, especially the versed / security aware / frightened sysadmins are yelling in despair that everybody can watch them type their password on their 27" screens.

Would it be an option to revert that commit partially, chaning the default to 600 (so catering for the regular user) and at least keeping the option to tune it down to 0?
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2013-08-27 20:44:17 UTC 
*** Bug 706873 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2013-08-28 13:31:11 UTC 
Downstream Fedora report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994237

My colleague learned my password yesterday, because of this "feature".
Comment 3 Kamil Páral 2013-09-02 08:27:27 UTC 
This was marked as resolved, I'll add a commit link:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=3442933dd7ea6c9f411a021a19202b91cc090610

It seems that this was reverted. Thanks, Matthias.