Mauth: Auth library? Release or not to release...

[eluser]missionsix[/eluser]
Wow... its been a long time.

I would like to apologize to all interested parties for not releasing this library when I said I would. I have been busy with school and other projects and haven't had the time to perfect this library.


I still plan on releasing this software and I am very close to doing so; However I have some questions for you developers....


First, how important is it that an Auth library use native CI sessions? At the moment I have mimicked CI sessions in my library so the session is actually stored in the library. It would take a large code-rewrite in order to get native sessions working, and i'm wondering if it would be be beneficial to do it that way instead.

Second, my library/ base application uses some tricks to load at the proper times. My solution includes two controllers, users & auth, which give a great starting point for user management. These controllers extend a new Mauth_Controller which basically loads the correct Auth libraries and functions at the correct times, and provides a display function for printing the page.

I have realized that this might not be ideal for some people who have their own templating and display methods and grasping my way of doing things might have some overhead, which is another reason for putting off the release.


I am in the process of writing documentation, and finalizing the first release. You can check out the website and leave some feedback here. A post will be made here for notifications and a new thread will be created once the site is completely finished.

Mauth Authentification and User Management Library

Thanks,
Pat