[sork] commit please

Anton Nekhoroshikh anton at valuehost.ru
Fri Dec 13 01:15:27 PST 2002


Hello, Anton.

You wrote 10-12-2002, 1:07:09:

I and have not understood, crypt and will be only STD_DES to use in the module passwd
or all mechanisms we shall use?

CH>> Anton - I know I've committed some of your patches, and they've made sense.

CH>> But PLEASE: GIVE US A REASON TO COMMIT YOUR CODE.

AN> The reason simple, at me is about 20000 users at whom passwords are stored
AN> in different versions of the mechanism crypt (MD5,DES), to alter other programs which
AN> are able to read true salt and to apply necessary a method of coding
AN> it is unprofitable.


CH>> You wrote the patch, so you theoretically know what it does. Don't just send
CH>> it off to the list, *ordering* us to commit it, with NO EXPLANATION AT ALL.
CH>> It's arrogant, and it makes us do more work that we should have to in order
CH>> to use your submission. Just a sentence or two, even, saying what you're
CH>> changing or how you're fixing something and what was broken about the old way.

CH>> I appreciate your contributions, and I hope you continue making them. But I
CH>> personally am not dealing well with all of the patches with no explanation.

CH>> I'll leave this particular patch to the SORK team to commit or not, or to
CH>> wait for an explanation from you.

AN> I apologize did not want to offend.
AN> Simply at me still besides and bad English: (

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 Anton                          mailto:anton@valuehost.ru



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