[Python-Dev] PEP: Migrating the Python CVS to Subversion

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jul 28, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 20:15, Leif Hedstrom wrote:
>
>
>> I'm definitely positive to a migration to Subversion, but I'd be  
>> really
>> concerned about using plain text authentication mechanisms.
>>
>
> We won't use plain text, but we may (or, we currently do) use basic  
> auth
> over ssl.  The security then is in the passwords, so we have to make
> sure they're generated securely.

Users can generate their hashed password with the htpasswd command  
locally, and send those to the server.  That's what most subversion  
hosts seem to prefer.

-bob