[Zope3-dev] HEADS UP: PAU (pluggable authentication) users

[Garrett Smith]

Gintautas Miliauskas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>> ...
>> The bad news:
>> 
>>  *your existing PAUs will need to be manually converted via the ZMI*
>> 
>> I've provided instructions below.
>> 
>> ...
> 
> Is there a particular reason why the generations framework could not
> be used to automate the update?  Your upgrade instructions seemed to
> be simple enough for a generation script to handle.

It's a matter of writing it and testing it and dealing with problems
that arise, all of which can add up. If enough people are outraged by
not having a script, I'll write it, but I'm not sure when I'll get it
done -- I have little time in the next few weeks.

 -- Garrett