I’m not ready to call this secure by default. A newly created database is still world read/writable. We want to address this in future major releases, but I wouldn’t boast about this just yet.
Best Jan -- > On 20 Jul 2016, at 18:50, Paul Hammant <[email protected]> wrote: > > In terms of topics for a CouchDB 2.x news cycle, there perhaps should be > one on "secure-by default" (no more admin party). That is a large feature > difference to v1.6.x. > > - Paul > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Jenn Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello there! >> >> We’re getting closer to releasing CouchDB 2.0 and leading up to its >> official >> release, we want to publish a series of blog posts examining topics like >> the >> history of the project, differences between the 2.0 and 1.0 architecture, >> unpacking the new features, and so forth. >> >> To accomplish this **we need your help**, we need 7-8 CouchDB users to help >> write these posts. Don’t worry, we’re not after Shakespeare here, just >> introducing an idea in 200-300 words, to get folks interested in CouchDB >> 2.0. >> I’ll be available to help with editing and coordinating the publication >> schedule. >> >> Ideally, we’ll be able to release two posts a week, one on Monday and >> Wednesday, with the weekly news still going out on Thursdays, so we’re not >> over saturating the blog. Jan Lehnardt has volunteered to kick off the >> series >> next week, with a post on the The Road to CouchDB 2.0 on Monday. >> >> That means we need a volunteer to write one for next Wednesday, July 27. >> We’re >> still tossing around ideas for giving the 7-8 authors of these posts a >> special >> kind of CouchDB swag, if that helps. :) >> >> Below is a list of topics (also important: if you have an idea for a topic >> you >> **don’t see** below, please let us know!): >> >> **The Road to CouchDB 2.0**: (Jan) >> \- History of the big Couch fork >> \- Cloudant >> \- Big Couch merge announcement >> \- Davisphack (rnewson on the couch) >> \- Windsor merge >> \- New build system >> \- Cluster setup >> \- Tests! Tests! Tests! >> \- RC1 >> >> **The CouchDB 2.0 Architecture**: (need volunteer) >> \- Dynamo >> \- BigCouch >> \- Cluster/Shards/Consistency >> >> **Release Candidates**: (need volunteer) >> \- Please test: >> \- Install >> \- 1 node >> \- 3 node >> \- n node >> \- App Devs & Library devs: >> \- Run your software against each >> \- Fix any issues on your side >> \- Report any issues to us >> >> **Migration Guide**: (need volunteer) >> \- 99% is the same >> \- update_seq is opaque string now >> \- Changes feed can include duplicates >> \- JS apps using /_utils/*.js: copy 1.6 files and put into your apps >> \- /_config is not available on the cluster, but there is >> /_node/<fqdn>/ >> _config/ for your setup needs, make sure you do it on all nodes >> \- Test suites: >> \- If you are creating and deleting databases in quick succession, start >> using >> unique db names (and add cleanup) >> >> New features posts >> \- **Feature: compactor** (need volunteer) >> \- faster >> \- lower i/o >> \- more compact files >> \- faster post compaction files >> >> \- **Feature: replicator** (need volunteer) >> \- TBD >> >> \- **Feature: fauxton** (need volunteer) >> \- Complete rewrite >> \- First Backbone >> \- Now React >> \- Extendable >> >> \- **Feature: Mango query** (need volunteer) >> \- Import from Cloudant Query >> \- MongoDB-inspired query language >> \- Create indexes >> \- Query patterns >> >> \- **Miscellaneous improvements and bugfixes** (need volunteer) >> \- /_db_updates gets persisted, supports ?since like changes >> \- Preview: view based changes >> \- Uses rebar under the hood for building, ditched autotools \o/ >> >> Also, if you have an idea of someone who would be a good candidate to write >> one of these blog posts, let me know so I can reach out to them. >> >> Please help us get the community excited for the changes coming to >> CouchDB. :D >> :D :D >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> Jenn Turner >> >> The Neighbourhoodie Software GmbH >> Adalbertstr. 7-8, 10999 Berlin >> [neighbourhood.ie](https://link.nylas.com/link/c4yg26doe3du1m7gpdgdrj1jp >> /local-eda5af1b- >> >> bbb8/0?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fneighbourhood.ie%2F&r=ZGV2QGNvdWNoZGIuYXBhY2hlLm9yZw== >> "http://neighbourhood.ie/"; ) >> >> >> Handelsregister HRB 157851 B Amtsgericht Charlottenburg >> Geschäftsführung: Jan Lehnardt >> >> -- Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
