On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yay! I made some changes to Robot class in order to filter non human
> originating events - and I could make a working Echoey robot! Thanks
> for the robot APIs patch!
> I guess my change to Robot code looks ugly, but if you want to look at
> it I can send a patch.
>

Always happy to take a look, the operations code that would make echoey work
should hopefully be done next week :).

Greetings,
Lennard


>
> On Oct 30, 11:27 am, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Would be interesting though, to make the robot decide on which events
> > it wants to act. If robot could specify it capabilities.xml that it
> > wants to receive events from robots x,y,z ... Could be a great
> > improvement over Google Wave implementation.
> >
> > On Oct 30, 12:39 am, Lennard de Rijk <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I tried to make an admin "robot" that would allow to reset passwords.
> > > > After applying [0] I could make some code that can react on
> > > > OnDocumentChange event and modify the document back, however the
> > > > message send by robot kept bouncing back and forth replicating
> itself,
> > > > probably RobotConnector should check who sent the message before
> > > > forwarding it to robot (probably should not react on events generated
> > > > by non-humans)
> >
> > > That's what the TODO in RobotsGateway is for :).
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Lennard
> >
> > > > [0]http://codereview.waveprotocol.org/221001/diff/1/4
> >
> > > > On Oct 29, 11:57 am, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Ohh. I intended to use Echoey code as example off course and extend
> > > > > AbstractAgent. Is there an example of working robot?
> >
> > > > > On Oct 29, 9:20 am, Alex North <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > Depending what you mean by "agent-based", please avoid using the
> code
> > > > in
> > > > > > box.server.agents. That code is earmarked for deletion; it was a
> rush
> > > > job
> > > > > > and does things in an ugly way. Its presence significantly
> hampers
> > > > other
> > > > > > development. We're only leaving it around to support the "echoey"
> agent
> > > > > > which is the only way to tell you've successfully federated with
> > > > acmewave.
> > > > > > As soon as we've ported echoey to a robot we intend to delete the
> code.
> >
> > > > > > You could build new code talking to the c/s protocol - with code
> review
> > > > I'm
> > > > > > optimistic we can do it right this time.
> >
> > > > > > A.
> >
> > > > > > On 29 October 2010 17:58, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > It seems to me that agent based password reset mechanism is
> pretty
> > > > > > > simple. I ll try to implement it and see if it gets more
> complex that
> > > > > > > I thought.
> >
> > > > > > > On Oct 29, 2:04 am, Alex North <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 29 October 2010 10:44, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > Hmm, I don't see a way how "password reset mechanism" can
> be
> > > > outside
> > > > > > > > > of the
> > > > > > > > > authenticated world. Admin should be authenticated into
> something
> > > > (DB
> > > > > > > > > at least).
> >
> > > > > > > > Sorry, I wasn't very clear. Yes, admins should be
> authenticated
> > > > when
> > > > > > > > administering the user database.
> >
> > > > > > > > Any self-password-reset mechanism would need to be
> unauthenticated
> > > > (but
> > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > rely on some other verification system, like sending an email
> to a
> > > > known
> > > > > > > > address).
> >
> > > > > > > > > If you want the most simple wavy password reset mechanism -
> do it
> > > > with
> > > > > > > > > agent.
> > > > > > > > > -Invite agent into wave.
> > > > > > > > > -Issue password reset command
> > > > > > > > > -Agent has the access to users accounts, so it can check if
> the
> > > > user
> > > > > > > > > is authorized for such action, if so - it resets the
> password.
> > > > Cannot
> > > > > > > > > be simpler than that and easy to implement - and still
> wavy.
> >
> > > > > > > > I love your passion for implementing things the wavy way!
> > > > Experience has
> > > > > > > > taught me that it's more complex than you make it out,
> though.
> >
> > > > > > > > > On Oct 29, 1:26 am, Alex North <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > I happen to agree with Vega that hosting profile
> information in
> > > > Wave
> > > > > > > has
> > > > > > > > > > many advantages. However I disagree just on one piece:
> the
> > > > login
> > > > > > > > > > information. I do think the username and password need to
> > > > > > > > > > be manageable outside of Wave itself. They provide kind
> of a
> > > > minimal
> > > > > > > > > > bootstrapping environment you need. First you get a
> username
> > > > and
> > > > > > > > > password,
> > > > > > > > > > then you can log into Wave.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > Clearly the password reset mechanism needs to be outside
> of the
> > > > > > > > > > authenticated world. I think it's simplest to put basic
> > > > password
> > > > > > > > > management
> > > > > > > > > > (changing your password when you already know it) outside
> of
> > > > waves
> > > > > > > too.
> > > > > > > > > > Building data models in Wave is nice and flexible, but
> it's a
> > > > lot of
> > > > > > > > > > overhead for something as basic as login credentials.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > In many cases, authentication will be delegated to some
> other
> > > > system,
> > > > > > > > > LDAP
> > > > > > > > > > for example. We're just trying to implement something
> basic for
> > > > > > > groups
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > don't have such a system.
> >
> > > > > > > > > > On 29 October 2010 05:03, Vega <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > The advantage is obvious - you have everything in one
> place.
> > > > > > > Another
> > > > > > > > > > > advantage - the Wave environment - it means an option
> for
> > > > > > > extension.
> > > > > > > > > > > For example you can create a simple profile wave. Then
> you
> > > > (or some
> > > > > > > > > > > 3rd party) can add extension that would import user
> info from
> > > > > > > facebook
> > > > > > > > > > > etc...
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 1:03 pm, x00 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > Even if you have a gadget, you still need an
> interface to
> > > > do the
> > > > > > > > > > > > management. I don't see much advantage of embedding
> this
> > > > within a
> > > > > > > > > > > > wavelet.
> >
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