<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Ian Hinder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.hinder@aei.mpg.de">ian.hinder@aei.mpg.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On 20 Dec 2011, at 03:37, Frank Loeffler wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:55:52PM +0000, Ian Hinder wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">
Should "-a" be the default?<br></blockquote><br>I think the idea is that GetComponents should ask the first time it<br>encounters a new service for a user name or anonymous checkout. For some<br>reason it doesn't do this here. The '-a' switch prevents this<br>
interactivity, which should make it easier for new users.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>We might not need to make -a the default, but should rather find out why<br>it apparently didn't give the choice of authentication.<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>Wouldn't it be better for new users if they weren't exposed to this? It's only relevant for a small number of users. Having to answer an irrelevant question for a number of repositories when you first check out is a bit unfriendly. </div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There is no question if people use "-a" (and apparently if a bug in GetComponents is corrected).</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>How easy is it to switch between an authenticated and an anonymous checkout once the checkout has been completed?</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It basically requires "relocating" the repository.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>Why do we need to have this distinction in the first place? Can this be decided when you try to commit instead?</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This would be a nice idea. Instead of anonymous and authenticated access we specify the commands for read and write access, and whatever is required under the hood becomes part of GetComponents.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-erik</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Erik Schnetter <<a href="mailto:schnetter@cct.lsu.edu" target="_blank">schnetter@cct.lsu.edu</a>> <a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~eschnett/" target="_blank">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~eschnett/</a><br>
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