Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A703A10FE4 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 87546 invoked by uid 500); 7 Nov 2013 10:49:43 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 87238 invoked by uid 500); 7 Nov 2013 10:49:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 87034 invoked by uid 99); 7 Nov 2013 10:49:21 -0000 Received: from tyr.zones.apache.org (HELO tyr.zones.apache.org) (140.211.11.114) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:49:21 +0000 Received: by tyr.zones.apache.org (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 941A249A3B; Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:49:21 +0000 (UTC) From: stevebest To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Subject: couchdb pull request: Fix the `proxy_authentication_handler` name Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <20131107104921.941A249A3B@tyr.zones.apache.org> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:49:21 +0000 (UTC) GitHub user stevebest opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/103 Fix the `proxy_authentication_handler` name I'm sorry, but the docs say `authentication`, not `authentification`.[1] If you do what the docs say, you simply break your Couch: it starts responding with HTTP 500 to every request that is not authenticated by an earlier handler. According to the Urban Dictionary, "authentification" is "authentication process which is not working".[1] You can't argue with the UD on that! :) Some people using this handler might actually use the wrong spelling in their configs, so I left the original name as an alias. [1] http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/api/server/authn.html?highlight=authentication#proxy-authentication [2] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=authentification You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/stevebest/couchdb patch-1 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/103.patch ---- commit 7f96d5d23c3a6e943da87b16960f2e0fbb72cbff Author: Stepan Stolyarov Date: 2013-11-07T10:47:51Z Fix the `proxy_authentication_handler` name I'm sorry, but the docs say `authentication`, not `authentification`.[1] If you do what the docs say, you simply break your Couch: it starts responding with HTTP 500 to every request that is not authenticated by an earlier handler. According to the Urban Dictionary, "authentification" is "authentication process which is not working".[1] You can't argue with the UD on that! :) Some people using this handler might actually use the wrong spelling in their configs, so I left the original name as an alias. [1] http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/api/server/authn.html?highlight=authentication#proxy-authentication [2] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=authentification ----