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On 3 Jun 2010, at 17:47, daniel wrote:
Thank you Graham for these precious inputs.
Good, I'm glad it was of some use.
On a slightly more general note:
I would recommend that all developers who are currently using AuthKit
(or who plan to do so) should read and inwardly digest the statements
on this page:
<http://jimmyg.org/work/code/index.html>
in which James lists those of his Python modules that are currently
maintained and those which he is personally moving away from:
1. "Currently maintained Python modules:" (the list does not include
authkit)
2. "Phasing out of my own projects:
* Pylons - I'm using Flows ... instead.
* FormBuild 1 and 2 - use FormBuild 3 instead.
* AuthKit - I'm using [... other packages ... ] instead."
(note that the URL for AuthKit in the page is incorrect, the domain is
authkit.org)
AuthKit sources and the development repository is here:
<https://hg.3aims.com/public/AuthKit/summary>
(last change Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:43:41 +0000)
Developers should also take careful note that the last release of
AuthKit (0.4.5) is pinned to sub-0.6 versions of SQLAlchemy:
"SQLAlchemy>=0.5.0,<=0.5.99"
My personal conclusion is that in theory and in practice, AuthKit is
no longer maintained (and reflecting that, I have removed the authkit
template from Shabti).
James is quite explicit about the caveats --- "you should use my code
at your own risk because the probability I'll move on to something
different fairly quickly is rather large".
Inevitably, there comes a point at which the best advice to provide to
enquirers is: "you should abandon this approach unless you are
prepared to maintain the package yourself"
On the #pylons IRC channel, questions on the suitability of AuthKit as
an auth'n'auth solution for Pylons apps typically meet emphatically
strong deprecations from experienced and mature Pylons developers.
I may have done you no favours at all by seeming to encourage you to
continue down what is very likely to be a developmental dead-end.
I fully appreciate the project constraints that bind you but I felt I
should make the above as clear as I could, just to avoid any
misconceptions.
HTH
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Cheers,
Graham
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ghiggins
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