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Oleg Kalnichevski commented on HTTPCLIENT-1625: ----------------------------------------------- > As already noted, this would require some changes in the authentication code, > and the state machine defined in HttpAuthenticator, which may or may not > break API compatibility. [~stoty] I will happily help you with that. As far the rest is concerned you are at [~michael-o] 's mercy. > If it can be done without breaking the authentication API could it be added > in a patch release ? No, it could not. This feature should ideally go though the full ALPHA / BETA / GA cycle. > If not, how could this be delivered ? I am afraid this is already too late for 5.4 which should go GA in September. Oleg > Completely overhaul GSS-API-based authentication backend > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HTTPCLIENT-1625 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1625 > Project: HttpComponents HttpClient > Issue Type: Task > Components: Documentation, HttpClient (classic) > Affects Versions: 4.5 > Reporter: Michael Osipov > Priority: Major > Labels: stuck, volunteers-wanted > > The current implementation does not reflect the way GSS-API-based > authentication should be done. It has several design flaws. > This is an umbrella task for: > 1. Deprecate all old classes > 2. Investigate how it has to be plugged into HttpClient > 3. Reimplement from scratch > 4. Thoroughly test all new stuff > 5. Rewrite documentation > Design notes are canonically available under: > https://wiki.apache.org/HttpComponents/IssueTracking/HTTPCLIENT-1625 -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org