Hello all,The AUR new account registrations have been closed for months now. All inquiries are met with "there is no manual process." No path forward has been published, and discussions in this forum for how to harden the AUR have not resulted in concrete steps.
I say this not as a criticism, but as a statement of fact. We are currently in a place where account registrations are disabled indefinitely with no "next step" defined. I assume that we can all agree that account registration should be reopened at some point.
So my questions are these:What needs to be true to reopen account registrations? Who is working on it? Can they communicate the status of their work?
Is there a path forward for new accounts to be created in some way that is not simply turning the registration page back on? Manual verification, sponsorship, probation of some kind?
From an outsider's perspective, it seems that what needs to be true is to plan and execute a way to harden the AUR against bad actors. It does not seem that a plan has been agreed to, or that anyone is currently working on it. I'm not saying this is true, I'm saying this is what *seems to be the case* to someone who only knows what is stated in this forum. If work is being done on this, and it has been communicated, I apologize. If work is being done on this, and it has not been communicated, I respectfully suggest that some kind of communication be made.
Regardless of whether that is the case, an interim solution should be implemented. Manual verification of new users is no one's ideal, but perhaps it could be used until a better solution is found. No one should expect the Arch TU/PM team to do this in addition to their other responsibilities, but perhaps they can delegate this task to a team of volunteers. I would certainly be happy to donate some time to this.
-- Regards, Garrett “Life doesn’t give us purpose. We give life purpose.” --Bartholomew Henry Allen
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