Re: UID constrained to int, good time to refactor?

Sasvata (Shash) Chatterjee wrote:
> Gene,
> 
>> During this time of change with the build system, I'd like to bring up 
>> again the fact that the User ID from the DefaultEnvironment is defined 
>> as an int.  In my case at least, it is a problem, and I've modified 
>> all the keel core code that references it to handle a string 
>> (locally). Works great, and works with int's as well.  Would this be a 
>> good time to update the changes?  Is there ever going to be a good 
>> time for this?  A single sign on authentication service comes to mind 
>> that would require a change like this.
>>
>> I've not switched to the new build system yet(looks awesome btw), as 
>> it would break my project, and wanted to test the waters on this again.
> 
> 
> I think this is a good change to make, overall.  However, in contrast to 
> the build-system changes, which for the most part deal with changes for 
> the putting together of the app, this will actually break 
> functionality.

It definitely breaks things =0)

   So, is there a way we can provide a migration for
> exisitng deployments to ease the pain?  Either way, we should probably 
> get it done sooner than later.

I will start today checking out from cvs to get going with the maven 
build system.  I will at the same time incorporate my changes locally, 
and try to find some way to migrate a little less painfully.  I may need 
some help, and I'll post here.

THANKS ALL
gene
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