Re: We need another Auth

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:28:53 +0200, Bertrand Mansion wrote: >le 10/06/02 14:06, Martin Jansen à mail@martin-jansen.de a écrit : > >> On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:49:42 +0200, Bertrand Mansion wrote: >>> I think we need a better authentication system. >> >> That's a very nice thought. If one feels like he is in the position to >> say something like this, he should come up with a definitive plan that >> tells *what* to improve. Simply busting out that something needs to be >> changed is a bit poor. So what do you want to change in detail? Make a >> list of the things that need to be changed practically. Provide patches >> for the existing system. Do something constructive. > >I knew you would react like that :-) Nice. You guys finally seem to know me :). >I am not saying Auth is bad, I just say it is not complete enough and the >way it is designed now doesn't allow for changes to be made without a >complete rewrite, IMO. Auth is good enough for simple authentication systems >and does the job well when it comes to that only. > >I spent all the morning trying to explain my thoughts in the numerous mails >I have sent (9), I am trying to be constructive. Well, actually this were more wishes, but let's not argue about that. >There are more than one html form class in pear, there are more than one >template class in pear... Before it comes to two different Auth packages in PEAR, we should *really* try to merge them IMO. - Martin -- Martin Jansen, <mail@martin-jansen.de> http://www.martin-jansen.de/