[Zope-dev] declarePublic and users

Randall F. Kern randy@spoke.net
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:18:19 -0700


I for one have hacked around this, so all methods authenticate, even if
they are declarePublic'd.  I don't recall having to make any changes to
ZMI.

-Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@digicool.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 2:04 PM
> To: seb bacon
> Cc: richard@bizarsoftware.com.au; zope-dev@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] declarePublic and users
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> seb bacon wrote:
> > * Chris McDonough <chrism@digicool.com> [010903 18:42]:
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> >>Yeah, this is due to a shortcut in authentication.  I don't=20
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> >>like this behavior.  It bites lots of people.  I wonder if we could=20
> >>change it.
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> > I think so, FWIW.  As you say, this behaviour is a result of an
> > implementation shortcut, rather than by design; I doubt the
> > performance benefits outweigh the silliness of the resulting
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> > I thought I remembered someone from ZC saying it was=20
> changed for 2.4,
> > though?
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> Geez, I don't think so... maybe you mean the "Authenticated"=20
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> I'd say ditch the current behavior if we can be reasonably=20
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> nothing important (especially in the ZMI) depends on it.
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> Anybody want to write a fishbowl proposal?  ;-)
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> Chris McDonough                    Zope Corporation
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> "Killing hundreds of birds with thousands of stones"
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