Password wallet in 12.04

[Colin Law]

On 23 February 2012 10:00, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 09:54 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 20 February 2012 09:04, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > What's happening with gpass?
>>
>> Looking at the home page [1] I see that the "Latest News" is dated
>> March 2006 which does not bode well for the future of this app.
>>
>> I use KeePassX which I find excellent for my purposes, though I see
>> from their home page [2] that the latest news is 2010 so perhaps there
>> is something more current.
>>
>> [1] http://projects.netlab.jp/gpass/
>> [2] http://www.keepassx.org/
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> There's another password manager called Revelation which is in the repos
> for both Maverick (10.04?) and 12.04. So maybe that's a good one to go
> for.
>
> The annoying thing is, I've spent quite a while copying the entries from
> kwallet to gpass and now I'm going to have to do it all over again. I
> chose gpass in the first place because it has a free form text entry
> that lets me record extra details - for instance many banking web sites
> now have two levels of passwords plus there are things like Verified by
> Visa for associated credit cards that need extra passwords that are not
> accommodated by Revelation unless perhaps I create extra entries for
> these.

I agree that a free format text field is essential.  Keepassx has
this, so I hope it will continue to be available for some time.

Colin