Re: can DBD::mysql handle the new mysql-4.1.0 authentication method?

[Jochen Wiedmann]

Peter Selinger wrote:

> And no, I don't know where to find the documentation of the MySQL
> client/server authentication protocol. I thought somebody on this list
> might know. I was hoping that the people who create and maintain
> clients are in touch with the people who create and maintain MySQL.

Open Source software is a "take and give" process. You are the one who 
requires a feature. The maintainer is the one who can give you a feature. He 
will do so, if he either needs the feature himself or if the hurdle to start 
working on it is sufficiently low. By searching for documentation you are 
able to help.

And, no, in 6 years of DBD::mysql maintenance I was never more than very 
loosely related to the people of MySQL. So is Rudy, the current maintainer,
as far as I know.


Jochen