Re: Future of krb5 authentication

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:26:28PM +0100, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > But sure, we might leave it in there until there's a direct problem with it
> > (other than the ones we already know). Can I still get my deprecation of it
> > though? ;-)
> 
> I'm not sure what the deprecation would mean in the client-side. You're
> going to need it if you want to connect to a server that uses it,
> there's no alternative.

No, it would mean nothing on the client.

> In the server, I don't see a problem with it. What would the deprecation
> mean, though? Mention in the docs that it's going to removed sometime in
> the future? A warning if you enable it?

At least a warning in the docs. And possibly also a warning when you enable
it, depending on what people thing is appropriate.

//Magnus