Shibboleth Developers

At 10:51 AM -0400 4/28/04, Scott Cantor wrote:
>  > -- elsewhere, we (used to?) refer to the IQ sites file as
> >  inqueue_sites.xml; here's the download info:
> >
> >         http://wayf.internet2.edu/InQueue/sites-1.2.xml
> >
> >  where the name is yet a third thing.....
>
> What you call it locally and where you get it from are independent.
>
> >  again, because of the multi-fed question, I'd suggest including the
> >  fed name in the name for the IQ sites file.....
>
> Well, I included it by inference, it's in the URL. Locally, you use whatever
> you want...

yea,  I know, the local name and the name used on the IQ server are 
independent.... flexibility is oftentimes a good thing

however, I'd suggest that establishing a local practice that uses a 
different local name is an invitation to confusion, and potential 
disaster.... the person who installed shib will understand what they 
did... but 18 months later some run of the mill sysadmin will be 
maintaining it and will be bringing a different skill set to the 
situation.

if the file is called sites-IQ-1.2 on the server,  and has the same 
name locally, then it should  be abundantly clear, to even the casual 
reader  of the config files, what's  going  on. And, I'd argue, our 
examples would be  easier to understand. And, since  sites are likely 
to blindly copy what we put in our examples (yea, I know, they're not 
supposed to.... but 99%  of them will....).....

I'm just suggesting that the examples  should a) NOT demonstrate all 
the flexibility, and b) lead people toward good practice......