This is an interesting argument. Dale, what do you think about the value of "official" Persona support in CouchDB, versus the possibility that it becomes a plugin "killer app" or at least a decent reference implementation?
The plugin has existed for a while; however it has gotten very little use, in part because the whole concept of a plugin is ill-defined and brittle. You need to set ERL_ZFLAGS to activate it, to say nothing of compiling. Also, note that I also plan to merge the OAuth plugin. Something I could see being a plugin indefinitely is couchdb_pingquery, although the state of the plugin system is still extremely anemic. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Dale Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > On the topic of browser_id support in CouchDB, it feels like this is a big > chance to push for usable plugins, should the aim for this not to be > included into core but to be available as a one click install from > futon/fauxton (this and geocouch seem prime candidates)? > > This isnt because I dont want browser_id support, I most definitely do, I > recently wrote a node equivalent to Jasons browser_id plugin for the only > reason that it would be easier for users to install / use on their local > CouchDB instance. > > But we have a problem of support for anything 3rd party needing to be > merged to core to be usable which is very much conflicting with peoples > ability to get stuff done, the browser_id / geocouch and cors support have > been around a long time but are mostly only available to the dedicated few > (cors did eventually get merged), I would love to see a couchdb where the > browser_id plugin was available to all users of couchdb the day you > finished writing it, not (3?) years later > > > > On 29 July 2013 11:26, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perfect, that is exactly what I will need. However, the first >> milestone is rewrite my plugin in a branch, and hit the first >> milestone. >> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> To clarify, "tinfoil hat" mode is actually just a complete >> >> implementation of the RP role, notably that it does not require the >> >> POST to browserid.org/verify to verify an assertion. Thus, CouchDB >> >> could be used on an intranet where an existing IdP exists. The IdP is >> >> out of scope, but I expect to install one to test CouchDB when that >> >> time comes. >> > >> > This might be useful inspiration: https://bitbucket.org/djc/persona-totp >> . >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Dirkjan >> >> >> >> -- >> Nodejitsu >>
