[Cosmo-dev] adding password retrieval to cmp

[Brian Moseley]

On 8/17/06, Jared Rhine <jared at wordzoo.com> wrote:

> Correction, I asked Todd to open this ticket.  This is not a Foxmarks
> request, it is a Hosted Service request which has first seen a need in the
> largest Cosmo deployment, Foxmarks.

well, no, this is foxmarks needing to get passwords out of cosmo so
they can migrate their users to whatever their new system is going to
be.

> For what it's worth, I first asked for this feature, as early as the first
> sticky plan with Brian and Lisa in perhaps Sep/Oct 2005.

i think you're conflating the small issue of making passwords
available via cmp with the large issue of backup and restore of user
data.

> Without the ability to retrieve passwords during the backup process, it is
> not possible to restore properly.

that's true, but backup/restore is a separate feature.

> We've committed more than once to making all possible features available via
> network mechanisms, and I've expressed publicly and repeatedly that I very
> much would prefer to backup the Hosted Service incrementally and over the
> network.  I did not know I would need to argue for the ability to restore,
> too, but I make that case now.

you don't need to argue for it. we know you need backup/restore. we're
committed to giving it to you. this patch is not intended to provide
any part of that feature.

> Please don't argue, "well, you can use mysql hotdumps (someday)".

i won't :)