: Why are we using libverto again

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Hudson <ghudson at MIT.EDU> writes:

    Greg> On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 10:44 -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
    >> Now, for the KDC today, we could just use a specific event library and
    >> gain significant complexity savings.

    Greg> The reason I favor an intermediary is that the event loop will be part
    Greg> of the API for kdcpreauth plugins (and probably KDB and authdata plugins
    Greg> in the future).  Picking an event loop now carries costs not just for a
    Greg> future libkdc but also a plugin interface transition cost.


I understand that.  And based on your description of a simple
intermediary, that made some sense.  However the complexity of the
intermediary has far exceeded what I was expecting.  I'll admit that my
original simple vision wouldn't have worked, but I think we should all
carefully consider what we got and whether it's worth the cost.

If everyone else had a more accurate estimate of the complexity when
they read your original proposal and I'm the only one who has been
surprised, then we should move forward with this plan.