Re: Should web (html, xmlrpc, rest) and email intefaces refuse retired users?

On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 04:42:44PM -0400, John P. Rouillard wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> Just had a discussion with a new roundup user. He wanted to delete a
> user rather than retire. In discussion I looked to see if retiring a
> user had any effect on their ability to login, send email, use
> xmlrpc/rest interfaces.
> 
> None of the above code paths require that the user is un-retired to
> work.
> 
> Should retiring a user block all interaction with roundup (same as if
> no role are defined for the user)? Also if the user's email address is
> found should emails be bounced in the mail gateway?

Yes, probably.
I have added a 'user_status' field in my trackers. And there is a
reactor that sets the roles of the user to empty when the status goes
from 'valid' to 'obsolete'. Modelling this with a status makes it easier
to resurrect a user :-)

Ralf
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