Simo Sorce wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:21:04 -0500 > Stephen Gallagher <sgall...@redhat.com> wrote: > > >> Doing the forward septets is easy (1*x..7*x), but the reverse septets >> are more complicated (since they would be (y-1*x..y-7*x), where y is >> the total number of days in the month (which also has to account for >> leap years). >> >> I think it might be a nice enhancement, but I recommend that we not >> include it right now, given the tight release schedule for FreeIPA v2. >> > > As I said before it is a now or never condition. > If you do not put it in now, then when you put it in, old clients will > not understand the rule. And they will have only one option, always > deny access, because they have no way to understand when it is ok to > allow/deny it. > > Simo. > > What about just using the cron spec then with the addition of the duration? And completely abandon our grammar for the periodic part (I know it is a lot of work and start over again but if we have one shot wouldn't it be best to use something existing?) Will that work?
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