Hi!
On Feb 23, Ian Molloy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This past fall as part of a graduate DB class assignment at Purdue
> University another student and I implemented Core-RBAC in MySQL.
> While most of our code doesn't comply with the MySQL coding style /
> guidelines---and some aspects of our code have a "just make it work"
> feel---I'm interested in working with other MySQL developers on
> implementing RBAC (most likely RBAC-0 or RBAC-1) for actual release
> and deployment.
Great! See below.
> Are there any others who would be interested? I noticed in the FAQ
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/faqs-security.html#qandaitem-28-10-5
> that RBAC is a rolling feature. I've never made major contributions
> to an open source project, so I'm not sure what my next step or the
> appropriate protocol is. I can provide additional information on what
> we did and how we did it, but there are design changes that are
> likely to be needed.
You can start by describing what you did and how, and how you see the
final feature in MySQL.
You may find this url - http://forge.mysql.com/contribute/ - useful,
in particular it explains what "Contributor License Agreement" is and
why it is necessary.
Regards / Mit vielen Grüssen,
Sergei
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