[Gaim-devel] Report on SASL patches

[Dax K. <da...@gu...>]

In the Patch Tracker there are the following SASL patches:

Request ID Summary
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1663064    Jabber Cyrus SASL code uses FQDNs incorrectly
1668289    Jabber Cyrus SASL code should have optional passwords

These correlate to:

gaim-2.0.0beta5-cyrus-fqdn.patch
gaim-2.0.0beta5-cyrus-password.patch
gaim-2.0.0beta5-cyrus-sasl-hang.patch (belongs to another bug)

We have tested all three patches here with a group of a dozen people and
the patches work as advertised and we would very much appreciate the
patches being accepted into gaim. It would be great if they made it in
before the 2.0 release.

Without the first patch gaim GSSAPI/Kerberos authentication won't work
with many Kerberos+Jabber installations  out there. Note that both
jabberd2cvs and Wildfire support GSSAPI/Kerberos authentication.

The second patch addresses makes gaim work sanely and not pop up a
confusing password dialog box if SASL is able to authenticate via
another method (such as GSSAPI/Kerberos).

The third patch fixes a hang.

Thanks,
Dax Kelson
Guru Labs