RE: [PEAR-DEV] We need another Auth

Well try to come up with a design that is as extensible as you want but maintains BC to Auth. Best regards, Lukas Smith smith@dybnet.de _______________________________ DybNet Internet Solutions GbR Reuchlinstr. 10-11 Gebäude 4 1.OG Raum 6 (4.1.6) 10553 Berlin Germany Tel. : +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax : +49 30 83 22 50 07 www.dybnet.de info@dybnet.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Jansen [mailto:mail@martin-jansen.de] > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:37 PM > To: Bertrand Mansion > Cc: PEAR Development Mailing List > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] 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/ > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php