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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#38580: KMail config propagation from KDE2 to KDE3
From:       Michael =?iso-8859-1?q?H=E4ckel?= <haeckel () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-02-24 14:36:42
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On Saturday 23 February 2002 19:49:19, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
>
> KMail still stores the passwords on the hard disk if the user wants
> this. But IIRC Michael changed the code so that we now store the
> passwords in Unicode. In order to not clutter KMail's code with a
> password import function for the old style passwords he simply deleted
> them (via kconf_update). I don't know if it's possible to upgrade the
> passwords via a perl script called by kconf_update. I'll see what I can
> do but I won't promise anything.

Ok, passwords are now imported using the old code.

I guess, with perl you will have a hard job doing calculations with the 
unicode value of utf-8 characters. Also before the code gets rewritten in 
perl and makes mistakes...

I just never imagined, that people have a so big problem with reentering their 
password(s). From KDE 1 to KDE 2 they were also lost and I can't remember 
even one user complaining.

Well, at least I need my passwords nearly daily because they are the same as 
for the shell accounts. Maybe this is different for other people.

Regards,
Michael Häckel


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