SASL related files in gnus/

["Daiki Ueno" <ueno@unixuser.org>]

2007/10/29, Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>:
> There are some other non-Gnus specific files which should probably be
> moved from lisp/gnus/ to other directories. [1]
>
> I'll provide a list of new files with some comments.
>
> * hmac-def.el: From FLIM (Faithful Library about Internet Message).
>   Used for sasl-*.el.
> * hmac-md5.el: Ditto.
> * md4.el: Ditto.
> * ntlm.el: Ditto.
>
> hmac-def.el:;; Author: Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei@aqua.ocn.ne.jp>
> hmac-md5.el:;; Author: Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei@aqua.ocn.ne.jp>
> md4.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <tarok@transpulse.org>
> ntlm.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <tarok@transpulse.org>
>
> * sasl.el: Simple Authentication and Security Layer.  From FLIM [1].
> * sasl-cram.el:
> * sasl-digest.el:
> * sasl-ntlm.el:
>
> sasl-cram.el:;; Author: Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
> sasl-digest.el:;; Author: Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
> sasl.el:;; Author: Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
> sasl-ntlm.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <tarok@transpulse.org>

I think these files should be moved outside of gnus.  I'm sure that
they have been mature for years and do not depend on other components
of Gnus.

I know that they have been used by jabber.el
(http://emacs-jabber.sourceforge.net).

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno