GNU bug report logs - #41386
28.0.50; Gnus nnimap OAuth 2.0 support

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Message #92 received at 41386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim <at> fitzsim.org>, 41386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41386: 28.0.50; Gnus nnimap OAuth 2.0 support
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:22:51 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I got this information from someone who knows
> who says it is all from published information.
>
> Does this enable us to cope with Google's planned changes?
>
> ======================================================================
> GNUS could follow the same process of the the maintainers of KMail to 
> get approved:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/gi5bol/kmailkontact_oauth_signin_with_gmail_enabled_again/

The link doesn't same what the process is, so I don't know whether it
enables us or not.  In particular, it doesn't say anything about how the
free software application is supposed to keep the secret keys secret,
which is (of course) totally impossible for an application like Emacs.

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