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I believe it was jlahoda who noted some time ago to me that it can be annoying for the exception reporter to remember your username in NbPreferences while the password is kept in the system keyring: if you run with a fresh userdir and encounter an exception you would like to report, your nb.org password will be prefilled in the form but you have to reenter your username. Possible fixes to ExceptionsSettings include: 1. Treat the username as part of the key (suffix to passwdKey), and fill in the password only after you have typed in the username. Somewhat similar to what many web browsers do. But not convenient for a fresh userdir. 2. Remember the username, not just the password, outside the userdir. 2a. Use j.u.prefs.Preferences.userRoot rather than NbPreferences. 2b. Store the username in Keyring as a new entry alongside the password.
agree, targeting Next (after 7.4)
Fixed in trunk, storing username under user preferences. http://hg.netbeans.org/core-main/rev/50e84d58f4c1
Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201401310001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/50e84d58f4c1 User: musilt2@netbeans.org Log: #208915: Should remember username, not just password, in keyring