Suitable maintained password manager ? hard to find

I’ve been using FPM (Figaro Password Manager) for quite some time with entire satisfaction.

However, it relies on unmaintained technology, (Gnome 1.x I think), and will be removed from lenny, so I envision to switch to another more recent tool for managing the passwords of my various systems, accounts, application setup passwords, etc.

I have reviews revelation which seems to fit some of my needs, but I’m afraid it is unmaintained at the moment. As it is written in Python, I could probably live with that, but I cannot end-up becoming a contributor to any program I use, can I ? 😉

Other alternatives may be keepassx… but it’s C++, and crossplatform… and I’m not fan of these features anyway (QT or windows look, bah). Also it has less import/export options than revelation.

One of the advantages of FPM was that even if it was a GUI program, the format of password store could also be managed with Kedpm (Ked Password Manager), a command-line tool. I’m afraid I’m losing a feature with the switch to revelation, then (still, command-line interface seems on the TODO list of revelation).

So we’ll see what happens… in the meantime, I’ve filed a couple patches for revelation in Debian’s BTS, just for the fix of the bugs I encountered during the quick import of FPM passwords.

Dear lazyweb, any suggestions on how to find a maintained, python based, Gnome password management tool with a command-line interface ?

Updated my homepage using ikiwiki

I have just updated my (to much outdated) professional homepage.

The result is at http://www-public.it-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/

Of course it’s not finished, but it’s much more easily updated than the previous site which was handled with docbook website.

Now I’m using the ikiwiki wiki compiler to edit my pages locally, and generate a static content which I upload to the site.

Ikiwiki rules !

phpgroupware-0.9.16 in Debian’s NEW queue… unofficial binary packages available

phpGroupware 0.9.16 entered the NEW queue of Debian.

Meanwhile, interested users may test the packages following instructions at https://picoforge.int-evry.fr/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Phpgwdeb/Web/WebHome#Packages_availability

As you’ll see, the packages layout has changed a little bit compared to previous package, and not all phpgw apps are in (yet).

Update 20080314 : the package was refused because the (previously existing) copyright files were not precise enough on licenses relating to the program. Another try will follow as soon as I have completed my copyright/licenses review of the package contents (long and painfull 😉

RFS for phpgroupware

I’ve just completed a repackaging of phpGroupware for Debian, so I’m asking for sponsorship by a Debian developer (RFS sent to debian-mentors).

Potential sponsors, see you in FOSDEM tomorrow and sunday, maybe 😉

Update 2008/03/06 : Loïc Dachary generously proposed himself for sponsoring our package. I have updated the package whose source is still at the link above, to correct a few minor bits. Let’s hope it will make a nice journey to Debian NEW now.