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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Document crypto support and the upcoming release
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-06-13 15:40:41
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:28:06AM -0400, George Staikos wrote:
> 
>    I haven't been working on document crypto support lately because of the 
> pressing 2.2 release, and due to other responsibilities.  However it's very 
> close to being done.  The next big step is to determine what we wish to 
> support:  ascii passwords or unicode passwords.  ascii is _much_ easier for 
> me to code.  unicode is nicer for internationalization of course.  After 
> that, finishing up the filter should be simple.
> 
>    The bigger question:  Should this go into KOffice 1.1 or should we hold 
> off until the next release?  I really feel more comfortable if this goes 
> through extensive testing.

If you, the author, feels it needs extensive testing, I doubt we should release
it before time. There is nothing worse then a buggy security feature.

And as KOffice is used all over the world, I think the unicode support is really
needed, would be cool if you could get that done ;)

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new
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