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usermanager: Add back temporary is_admin to warn about deprecated API usage Goal: Introduce role-auth with minimal disruption is_admin() is unsafe in a system with per-session permissions, so it has been deprecated. Roll-out approach: 1) First, log a warning when is_admin() is used. It should continue to function normally, backed by the new role API. Nothing is really using per-session authz yet, so there is minimal security concern. The 'strict_deprecate_is_admin' global setting can be set to 'true' to force a hard failure of is_admin() attempts (it will log an error and always return false). 2) In some time (at least 1 week), but possibly longer depending on the number of affected deployments: switch 'strict_deprecate_is_admin' to 'true' by default. It can still be disabled for systems that need it. 3) Further in the future, before the next release, the option will be removed and is_admin() will be permanently disabled.
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1 Welcome hackers!
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3 This project accepts and *encourages* contributions. If you would like to get
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4 involved you can join us on our mailing list and discussion rooms. More
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7 Patches are welcome, though before sending we would appreciate if you read
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8 docs/coding_style.md for guidelines on how to format your code, and other tips.
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10 Documentation for developers can be found at https://prosody.im/doc/developers
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12 Have fun :)