FW: [PEAR-DEV] LiveUser

Since tal is having issues ... > -----Original Message----- > From: Tal Peer [mailto:tal@php.net] > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:42 AM > To: smith@dybnet.de > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] LiveUser > > Lukas Smith wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >ok Markus will soon recommit LiveUser to Perm_LiveUser. > > > >Anyways there are still some todo's left before LiveUser is really the > >mother of all ... :-) > > > >Anyways here is a list (sure there are things missing): > > > >- check flag if rights stored in session need to be reloaded (current > >plan is to touch a file for each active session that belongs to a user > >who's rights have changed) > > > >- create a package.xml > > > I can do that, i'll look into it tomorrow. > > > > >- make liveuser capable to be run in different modes (simple, medium, > >complex) where different features are enabled to make the API simple and > >to remove possible performance eating features if they are no needed > > > >- fix broken backends > > > >This is a copy of the list on > >http://projects.21st-hq.de/liveuser/ (in > >the about section): > > > >Here´s the short-term TODO list: > > > >- Separate user information retrieval and ACL retrieval into different > >backend classes, allowing to have ACL information in a different data > >container as the user information (thanks to Kristian Koehntopp for this > >idea). > >- Add more API functions for writing ACL and user information > >(currently, only information retrieval is implemented as I always had a > >nice admin GUI for editing data which might not be enough for some > >people). > > > I can also help here. > > >- Fix the "remember me" feature (user login by cookie - potential > >security hazard but often requested). > >- Add "applications" on top of "authareas" to the ACL hierarchy. This > >will prevent autharea nameclashes between applications and makes the > >system even more flexible (thanks to Björn Schotte for the idea). > >- Add a unique user identifier besides the database´s primary key > >"user_id" which is not necessarily present when using an LDAP or SOAP > >backend (again, thanks to Björn Schotte for the idea). > >- Make an official release (haven´t made a final decision on the license > >yet. Will most likely be LGPL, PHP License or QPL). I´m open for > >suggestions as I don´t know much about the pro´s and con´s of each > >license yet. (Lukas sais: license is LGPL from all I know) > > > >And after that: > > > >- Add a SOAP backend class (Lukas sais: LDAP is also big on the list) > >- Make table names freely definable (Lukas sais: I don't think this is a > >good feature, I have prefixed all tables with "liveuser_" in the MDB > >backend and this should suffice imho) > >- Add the possibility to use PEAR::Cache for the XML configuration file > >so it doesn´t have to be parsed again on each request > >- Clean up the code (it is about 90% compatible with PEAR coding > >standards already, but some things can be done more elegantly) (Lukas > >sais: I have cleaned up a lot of remaining issues, but PEAR Error > >handling still remains) > >- Write more example scripts covering the new API functions > >- Rewrite the admin GUI for easier integration in other applications and > >localization. > >- Write a tutorial > > > >I think that Markus wouldn't mind if anyone would take up some of these > >jobs. Someothers he might really do himself. Dunno :-) > > > >If anyone wants to help please tell us what would interest you so that > >we can coordinate this rather large list of todo's. > > > >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 > > > > > If you need more help, just say :-) > > Tal