[Catalyst] Announce: Last Call - RC of C::P::Authentication

Michael Reece mreece at vinq.com
Mon Jul 9 17:46:53 GMT 2007


this does break my custom authentication.  i am still investigating  
why..

On Jul 7, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Jay K wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Big news!  With the most excellent assistance of J. Shirley and
> Nilson Santos Figueiredo Junior - The new C::P::Authentication
> finally has all it's tests and, we feel, is ready for release.
>
> Thus - the Release Candidate is now on CPAN at:
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~jayk/Catalyst-Plugin- 
> Authentication-0.09999_02/
>
> For those of you using custom, or unusual stores or credentials -
> PLEASE TEST THIS in your config!  The update makes a lot of changes
> to the internals of the authentication system, and while there is a
> compatibility mode which should maintain functionality with older
> modules - only a handful have actually been tested.
>
> So again - if you have a custom store or credential, or you use
> something aside from the DBIC store module and
> Password credential - it's a very VERY good idea to test against the
> updated C::P::Authentication module.
>
> If nobody shouts 'stop the presses' in the next couple of days, we
> will be doing a full release and bumping the CPAN version next week.
>
> For those who have authored Stores or Credentials - it's probably a
> good idea to look at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3x5yu3  (C::P::A::Internals)
>
> to better understand how the new system works and how to update your
> modules for compatibility.  Modules that are not updated will
> continue to work in compatibility mode, but will not allow users to
> take advantage of the new Realms features.
>
> Again, PLEASE TEST this module with your apps!  We will most likely
> release mid-week if we get no bug reports!
>
> Thanks all!
>
> JayK
>
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