Not quite sure I'm reporting this to the correct place, but here goes.

As of 2006-06-03, when applying for a CVS account on drupal.org, via the form at http://drupal.org/cvs-account, the procedure always fails with the error message "The CVS password you have chosen is too short.".

The quality or length of the password don't seem to matter; the error still prevents submitting the CVS account request. (I've tried with randomly-generated passwords of 6-32 characters.)

Several people have experienced this problem in the last few days:
http://drupal.org/node/66728
http://drupal.org/node/66681

On a quick inspection, I couldn't find the relevant code to fix in the project module, so I'm assuming it is specific to drupal.org.

As an intermediate solution, is there a Drupal developer or administrator that one could e-mail regarding getting a CVS account?

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#2 cvs_min_password.patch1.69 KBdww
drupal_cvs_account_error.png33.98 KBArto

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Project: Project » CVS integration
Version: x.y.z » 6.x-1.x-dev
Component: Miscellaneous » User interface

that's right, there's no code in the project module to deal with this, since it all lives in the "cvslog", aka "cvs.module" aka "CVS management/tracker" module. ;) moving this to the correct issue queue. this problem has been on my radar for a few days (as you point out, it's been nailing other folks, too). unfortunately, i've had no time to work on it, and shouldn't really spend any time right now, either. however, i'll see if i can solve it in 15 minute or less... stay tuned.

-derek

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Assigned: Unassigned » dww
Status: Active » Needs review
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new cvs_min_password.patch1.69 KB

and lo, it was an easy fix. i'll see if killes is around IRC right now to review this, and i'll commit it, and he'll get it updated on drupal.org. sorry for the trouble.

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Title: Applying for a CVS account on drupal.org fails » CVS password validation is broken

(this isn't specific to drupal.org, changing the title)

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Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

from IRC: "chx: dww: commit"

so, i committed to 4.7 and HEAD.

this still needs to be updated on drupal.org, so i'm marking this as "ready to be committed" (should really be "ready to be installed" or something). i'll ping killes via email, since he doesn't appear to be around in IRC at the moment...

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Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

killes just updated on drupal.org.

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Arto commented

Hi Derek,

Thanks a lot for the speedy fix to this issue. i've just submitted my CVS account application, it went without a hitch.

Best regards from sunny Spain,
Arto

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)