From: Eric Wong Date: 2018-07-18T08:42:49+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:87987] Re: [Ruby trunk Feature#14915] Deprecate String#crypt, move implementation to string/crypt mame@ruby-lang.org wrote: > We first need to remove the usage of String#crypt from WEBrick. @normalperson, the maintainer of WEBrick, what do you think? Is it possible and acceptable? If it is not, we can't deprecate String#crpyt as long as WEBrick is bundled. > If normalperson agrees with the removal, we then ask @jeremyevans0 to release compatibility-layer gem by 2.6 release. If the release is succeeded, we can deprecate the core method, with a deprecation message like "String#crypt is deprecated; use `string-crypt' gem". > And finally, after @normalperson removed the dependency from WEBrick in any way, we will remove the core method, maybe in 3.x. It's only the BasicAuth code and I have no idea how many people use it; probably not many, but I don't want to break a single user setup without adequate notice. Even if BasicAuth is broken/removed/requires-extra-download, most WEBrick can use the rest without difficulty. WEBrick has several other authentication methods; which one do we recommend users migrate to? I am not an expert in this area (I don't like authentication at all). Unsubscribe: