Re: an apache-ized gnatsd (was RE: modular database backends)

[Hans-Albert Schneider]

>>>>> "DB" == Dirk Bergstrom <address@hidden> writes:

    DB> bob kaehms writes:
    >> Just as a thought, perhaps the whole thing should be done
    >> in php/mysql.

    DB> i gave some thought to rewriting gnatsd as a
    DB> mod_perl/apache system, and teaching the tools (query-pr,
    DB> etc.) to use HTTP instead of the gnatsd protocol.
[...]

Please do not forget those GNATS installations that sit behind a
firewall and cannot get HTTP connections from the outside, but
can get e-mail connections.  E.g., it is relatively easy for me
to get an e-mail address that is reachable from the outside and
can send to the outside.  Though there are, of course, externally
reachable WWW servers, I have severe doubts whether I would be
allowed to run some CGI script there *that contacts the
intranet*.

So I do need an e-mail based frontend.


BTW, concerning anonymous connections to the database: here, too,
reports sent in (and updated!) via e-mail must be kept in mind
(though connecting as "anonymous" with the sender's e-mail
address as password should not be too much trouble, as long as
it can be done non-interactively).


Hans-Albert

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