[Devtools] Fix an installer problem with a server-side change?

[Denis Golovin]

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3627 would be the original issue.


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexey Kazakov" <alkazako at redhat.com>
> To: devtools at redhat.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 12:45:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Devtools] Fix an installer problem with a server-side change?
> 
> BTW do we have a jira for that problem?
> 
> On 07/06/2016 03:02 PM, Rick Wagner wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hello DevTools,
> 
> It seems we have a problem with the current version of the Development Suite
> installer. We have at least 2 new customer cases reporting inability to
> install due to the message dialogue "Terms and Conditions for the CDK have
> not been signed".
> 
> This is concerning because we're also seeing similar activity on non-support
> channels. It's also worth noting that not every user that has a problem
> reports it-- some just give up and move on. There is enough volume here that
> we probably should treat this with some urgency.
> 
> It seems likely the relevant code (thanks for highlighting this, Alexey) is
> below:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> login() {
>     this.authFailed = false;
>     this.tandcNotSigned = false;
> 
>     let req = {
>       method: 'GET',
>       url: '
>       https://developers.redhat.com/download-manager/rest/tc-accepted?downloadURL=/file/cdk-2.0.0-beta3.zip
>       ',       <<<<<<<<<---- returns 'false' when not approved
>       headers: {
>         'Authorization': 'Basic ' + this.base64.encode(this.username + ':' +
>         this.password)
>       }
>     };
> 
>     this.http(req)
>       .then(this.handleHttpSuccess.bind(this))
>       .catch(this.handleHttpFailure.bind(this));
>   }
> 
> ---------------------------------
> So we have users getting denied use of our product.  Do we require a rebuild
> immediately?  Maybe.
> How about if we changed the rest service (
> https://developers.redhat.com/download-manager/rest/tc-accepted ) so it
> includes a peak at an override database as well as whatever it's currently
> doing now?
> In that way, we could have the users pop over to a 'yes, I agree to the
> terms' page to insert an entry into the database.  The rest service could
> use something like the provided username as a key to ensure a 'true' is
> returned.
> Or not.  Is there a better way to fix this?
> Please consider, we need to fix this sooner rather than later....
> Thanks,
> Rick
> 
> 
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