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mod_client_management: Include client software version number in listing Should you ever wish to revoke a client by version number, e.g. for security reasons affecting certain versions, then it would be good to at the very least see which version is used. Also includes the OAuth2 software ID, an optional unique identifier that should be the same for all installations of a particular software.
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3 - Stage-Alpha
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4 summary: Compatibility layer for Prosody's future roles API
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 This module provides compatibility with Prosody's new role and permissions
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11 system. It aims to run on Prosody 0.11 and 0.12, providing a limited version
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12 of the new API backed by is_admin() (which is not going to be present in trunk
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13 and future Prosody versions).
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15 It is designed for use by modules which want to be compatible with Prosody
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16 versions with and without the new permissions API.
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18 Configuration
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19 =============
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21 There is no configuration.
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23 Usage (for developers)
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24 ======================
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26 If you are a module developer, and want your module to work with Prosody trunk
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27 and future releases, you should avoid the `usermanager.is_admin()` function.
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29 Instead, depend on this module:
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31 ```
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32 module:depends("compat_roles")
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33 ```
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35 Then use `module:may()` instead:
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37 ```
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38 if module:may(":do-something") then
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39 -- Blah
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40 end
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41 ```
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43 For more information on the new role/permissions API, check Prosody's
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44 developer documentation at https://prosody.im/doc/developers/permissions
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46 Compatibility
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47 =============
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49 Requires Prosody 0.11 or 0.12.