GNU bug report logs - #30190
27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, security

Found in versions 27.0.50, 24.3

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#30190: 27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:35:33 +0300
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  30190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 20:28:27 -0400
> 
> Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2018, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >
> >>> Makes sense.  I guess the obsoletion should go to master?
> >>
> >> FWIW, I think obsoletions are a form of documentation, so the earlier we
> >> announce them, the better.  IOW if the patch goes to emacs-26, then the
> >> obsoletion should go there as well.
> >
> > Good point.
> 
> This sounds good in theory, although in practice people tend to treat it
> as more than just documentation (e.g., Bug#30039).
> 
> On the other hand, a search for "term-read-noecho" on the web gets 9
> hits, all of which are either this bug thread, or copies of
> term.el/Emacs commit logs.  So maybe this is all theoretical anyway...

My POV on this is that we shouldn't in general deprecate anything in a
bugfix release.  However, I agree that this particular case is not
really important to justify bikeshedding, so I won't holler if we did
it this time.




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