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

[Jay K]

Hi Michael,

Can you tell me what $c->auth_realms returns?

Thanks,

JayK

On Jul 9, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Michael Reece wrote:

> the short answer is it does not call my store's get_user method,
> despite
>
>   __PACKAGE__->config(
>     authentication => { store =>
> 'MyApp::Plugin::Authentication::DBI::User'}
>   );
>
> the error i get is:
>
> [debug] find_user: unable to locate a store matching the requested
> realm
>
>
> the new docs suggest that i shouldn't need to make any changes for
> backwards compatibility..?
>
> On Jul 9, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Michael Reece wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
>
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