On Mon, 07 Apr 2008, ghudson_at_MIT.EDU wrote:
> Subversion could default to not remembering the password, but it would
> be the first default everyone needs to change when using it.
If the only way of remembering a password involved changing the default,
then yes, many people would change the default. However, if there was
an easy way of asking svn to remember a password without changing any
defaults, then I think people would use that. I suggest "svn login
[URL]" to remember a username and password, and "svn logout [URL]" to
forget a username and password.
> People evaluating Subversion as an alternative to CVS (which is just
> as nefarious in this department) would very quickly develop the
> impression that Subversion is a pain in the ass to use, whether or not
> they conciously agree with the default.
CVS is not "just as nefarious". It stores passwords in a slightly
obfuscated way (which is trivial to reverse, but nevertheless protects
against some forms of accidental disclosure), and it doesn't remember
passwords unless you use "cvs login".
--apb (Alan Barrett)
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Received on 2008-04-08 13:24:52 CEST