I proposed the idea a couple months ago and got several +1's. The main concern was from Shai, "not quite -1, but a strong -0 on "blessing" any single oAuth provider. GitHub is fine, but so are Google, StackExchange, and even the Evil Empires(TM)."
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/g728g23VI2E/whaVBdxSAlYJ On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 5:18:38 PM UTC-4, Aymeric Augustin wrote: > > Hello, > > If you’re subscribed to django-updates, you may have noticed that some > spam is getting through since a few days. This is a negligible percentage > of the amount of spam our defenses are fending off (about 4000 / day) but > it’s annoying. > > We're allowing anonymous bug reports because the process to create and > activate a djangoproject.com account is too cumbersome. You must go to > www.djangoproject.com, register, get an email, and then go back to Trac > and log in. > > In order to fix the spam problem while maintaining an easy workflow, I’m > proposing to require GitHub auth for all “write” operations: creating a > ticket, adding a comment, etc. Most people interested in Trac should have a > GitHub account already. > > The main downside is that we’re switching to a different set of usernames. > If a person doesn’t have the same username on Trac and on GitHub, comments > made before and after the switch will appear under different names. > However, we already have that problem when people forget to login and it > isn’t that bad. We’ll also have to audit usernames of the fifty people who > have admin permissions. > > As another upside, people won’t have to remember their Trac username and > password anymore. > > What do you think? > > -- > Aymeric. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/39b51ddd-7eac-4087-bde4-d798c1728e2d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
