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On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:
Rather than svn authentication i suggest just piggybacking on top of the bug trackers authentication. that is an integration i think we should aim for anyways and it should keep the no-google-account fear mongers happy. code comments (as bug comments are today) should not require svn commit access.
anyways, i expect someone else may implement that once the code is out there.
-gpsOn Sun, May 4, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Stefan Behnel <stefan\_ml@behnel.de> wrote:Tell me how to authenticate against a SVN project using HTTP only.
> Personally, I would consider the following sufficient:
>
> 1) people who have authenticated themselves against the underlying VCS (i.e.
> project members) may post public comments and comment on other comments
Can you work out this design more? I don't understand how an
> 2) anonymous users can post comments that won't become publicly visible until
> an authenticated user acknowledges them or comments on them.
authenticated user can acknowledge an anonymous comment if it isn't
publicly visible. Also, AFAIK our bug tracker doesn't support
anonymous comments either, so I don't think this is an important use
case.
Rather than svn authentication i suggest just piggybacking on top of the bug trackers authentication. that is an integration i think we should aim for anyways and it should keep the no-google-account fear mongers happy. code comments (as bug comments are today) should not require svn commit access.