[GitHub] incubator-ponymail issue #292: Bug: lib/aaa.lua overwrites local customisati...

[sebbASF <gi...@git.apache.org>]

GitHub user sebbASF opened an issue:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-ponymail/issues/292

    Bug: lib/aaa.lua overwrites local customisations on updates

    The lib/aaa.lua module handles all auth.
    The intention is that different sites can define their own auth routines.
    
    At present there are some sample modules under aaa_examples.
    There is also a version in the repo at lib/aaa.lua.
    This means that if the system is installed from source, it will be complete.
    
    However the big disadvantage is that anyone updating their system from the repo will have to careful not to overwrite their specific copy.
    
    One way round this would be to remove lib/aaa.lua from the repo and have setup.py copy a version from aaa_examples if lib/aaa.lua does not exist.
    
    Another would be to split aaa.lua into two parts:
    - a generic part that has the public API, and delegates to
    - a local part for the specific implementation (e.g. aaa_local)
    
    This would allow common code to be located in aaa.lua, and would allow the local part to be independently maintained.
    
    The common part should be able to work on its own if necessary, i.e. just return an empty rights list.

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[GitHub] incubator-ponymail issue #292: Bug: lib/aaa.lua overwrites local customisati...

[asfgit <gi...@git.apache.org>]

Github user asfgit closed the issue at:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-ponymail/issues/292


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