Ah yes, the code suggests that readers is kept around for backwards compatibility.
Cheers Jan -- On Nov 12, 2012, at 13:13 , Gregor Martynus <[email protected]> wrote: > I cannot verify that it's a breaking change, from my tests both has the same > effect: "members" and "readers" in _security. So my guess is that "readers" > is deprecated, but still working? > > -- > Gregor Martynus > > > On Monday, 12. November 2012 at 13:09, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > >> >> On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:45 , Gregor Martynus <[email protected] >> (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: >> >>> In the docs, two groups are mentioned that have a meaning in the _security >>> object, "admins" and "readers": >>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Authorization >>> >>> But when I update the _security object using futon in CouchDB 1.2, a >>> "members" group gets created, instead of "readers". >>> >>> Is one of these deprecated? Are they interchangeable? Is there a reference >>> of all possible settings for the _security object? >> >> The change was made here: >> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1039619 >> >> I believe this is in 1.2.0 only, and not mentioned in >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Breaking_changes#Changes_Between_1.1.0_and_1.2.0 >> or the wiki, which we should totally fix. >> >> Could you verify and update the two wiki pages? >> >> Cheers >> Jan >> -- >> >> > >
