hi olaf,

On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 07:26:54PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> >1 - nothing, stay with the status quo
> >2 - set a random password
> >3 - set an admin defined password
> >
> >my order of preference is { 3 , 1 , 2 }.  for reasons i think are
> >outlined in the bug's history.
> 
> I can't find the reasons that are still left. Could you please briefly 
> repeat the reasons for preferring 3 over 1 and 1 over 2?

sure:

2: 

i don't like the idea of setting a random password arbitrarily because
it could lead to confusion, especially for existing installations. 
furthermore, i don't like the idea of putting a mysql adm password in a
file or otherwise communicating it to the admin on general principle.

1:

i'm kind of ambivalent towards the current situation.  or, i don't like
it, but i'm not that unhappy.


3:

i like the idea of prompting the admin for a password, but only in a way
that won't be be annoying.  that is, it shouldn't ask the admin if
the password is already set, and it shouldn't ask the admin every time.


        sean

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