[haiku-web] Re: Drupal-Trac Single Sign-On...

Niels Reedijk wrote:

Short update:

2008/3/21, Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>:

 - Use an XMLRPC authentication mechanism. The Trac server will perform
 a request whenever a login is taking place, and retrieves the details
 of the user that way.

 I don't know if Unixware will allow 1. I should be able to write a
 plugin for Trac for 2, and a quick google search shows that drupal
 should already provide an XML plugin.


I just wrote a plugin for Trac, and I think that part is done. I just
need to hack drupal a little bit (currently only users with blog
permissions can log in).
I think it is a mistake to hack Drupal for this purpose. What happens when we upgrade Drupal? What if we need to move servers suddenly (like we had to once, and rendered login unusable)? What if Niels is not available when any of this happens? You guys keep repeating the same mistakes and increase our vulnerability to this sort of situations (that we have already experienced in the past, btw). All for what? For a marginal (at the very best) one time gain in convenience?
What's more important, though, is: do you care? It looks like you don't, since you are already moving full steam ahead in spite of the issues that are being raised here. What's the point of trying to have a discussion in a public discussion, if a single person is going to do as he pleases anyway? 

Cheers,

Koki

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