> What I am missing here is how all this blends with > gnome-online-accounts and the future kde web-accounts kcm. I'm not > sure how GOA works
GOA is a single sign-on mechanism. When you add a new account in GOA, what it does is verify the credentials supplied by the user and stores it in gnome-keyring via libsecret. The credentials can be a OAuth 1 or OAuth 2 token, a password, etc.. Applications can then query GOA and get a list of configured accounts, the credentials, and features provided by the account (eg., mail, contacts, etc.). GOA can also supply some configuration related to the account. eg., for a Google account it provides the IMAP and SMTP details which are needed to set up a GMail account. That way an application (eg., Evolution) can auto configure itself. Happy hacking, Debarshi -- Slacktivism: the idea that 'sharing', 'liking' or retweeting will solve a problem.
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