On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Marvin Addison <marvin.addi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm in line with Robert, we should finish the spec (and the CAS server >> 4.0.0) ASAP. I'd prefer we start a new CAS 3.1 revision to receive >> enhancements.
+1. As was noted the current protocol rev is mostly a catch up to current practice. I do think we need to address multivalued attributes in a way that is going to work for the clients. Unicon will assist with testing and enhancing the clients once we have a solid RC. Best, Bill > > I'm fine with waiting for a 3.1 spec for new features as long as it > happens relatively soon. > >> There are several other things that could go also in a future revision : >> - multi-values attribute (CAS-1283, >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/jasig-cas-user/Ir9rcCuPgz4) > > We need to discuss this further. If you are saying that the present > behavior of 4.0 RC2 is to deliver multi-valued attributes as [a, b, c, > d], then there's more work to be done. That format clearly is not what > phpCAS expects. If that format works with the Java CAS client, then we > need to file an improvement issue for one of them to ship around the > same time as 4.0 final. > >> About testing, I think the RCx and GA are made for that as the CAS server >> always responds in a CAS3 protocol way. I've made tests for the Java CAS >> client and it works. > > Glad to hear we have some integration test coverage, but there's more > to be done. It's becoming clear to me that we need to cover additional > clients (phpCAS, mod_auth_cas, .NET), and I would argue that it should > happen during the RC phase and _before_ we ship GA. I'll be able to > commit to some testing toward the latter half of this month. > > M > > -- > You are currently subscribed to cas-dev@lists.jasig.org as: wgt...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-dev -- You are currently subscribed to cas-dev@lists.jasig.org as: arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-dev
