[IRCServices] RE: my recent feature request

[Andrew Church]

     Posting on the list is actually the preferred method of requesting
features; however, I don't always respond immediately--sometimes (as here)
I like to wait and see what other reaction there is from the community.
(On the other hand, I shoot down things I don't like or things in the FAQ
immediately--so not seeing any response from me may be a good sign. ;) )

     As far as the feature itself goes, I'm ambivalent at the moment; I
certainly understand the need for security, but on the whole Services isn't
designed to be controllable from outside IRC, and I'm hesitant about adding
in a hack for that purpose without giving it some good design thought.
What you might want to try doing is writing a module, say nickserv/regcrypt,
that borrows from do_register() in nickserv/main.c; that's more portable
than patching the distributed code directly.

  --Andrew Church
    achurch at achurch.org
    http://achurch.org/

>I'm just wondering if there is any 'official' feature request process or 
>if Andrew Church just takes what he likes from this list into account 
>when adding new features. I do appreciate Anton Wolkov's input, but I 
>was hoping for a response from the developer at least either agreeing 
>with or shooting down my idea/request.
>
>Maybe I should roll up my sleeves and write a patch myself (sigh.)
>
>--Matt
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