Hi IsmAvatar, You have basically answered your own question. :-)
The default for many svn clients in the wild is to automatically cache the password on your local disk. Your Google Account password is much too valuable to expose in this manner. So while there is an inconvenience for users with clients that do not automatically cache the password, the risk it avoids in the other clients is worth it. As for why you cannot set it, for the reasons mentioned above, we would prefer this password to be thought of in the same way as a temporary password sent via email. It has a similar level of security in that it is potentially accessible by third-parties as plain text. Allowing users to set their own password is likely to encourage them to divulge their Google Account or other high risk passwords. I hope that answers your questions. Nathan On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:11 AM, IsmAvatar <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've searched all over the place but could not find any explanation as > to why Google Code requires you to use their generated password > instead of your gmail password or any other user-defined password. I > did find one post to this group earlier that asked if they could set > their own password, and they received the reply: "No", which tells me > nothing. He also stated "it's hard to remember the password" to which > he received the reply "Then use svn's built in password caching" (and > all I could think is "because that's totally secure</sarcasm>") Many > other SVN repository hosting solutions allow you to set your own > password. In fact, as far as I'm aware, it seems the global norm that > password randomization is only for if you wish to lose your account > without deleting in or having it compromised... > > So all I ask is: Why? Why does our code password have to be generated? > Why can't we just set it? > > -IsmAvatar > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
