+1 for Github. Here's why: You're all focused on existing users. For new users, being able to reuse existing authentication credentials is a considerable step up, I regularly give up on filing bug reports against other OSS projects because I'm frankly too tired to register for yet-another-JIRA-instance.
Alex On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Andre Terra <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Shai Berger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Today, it is possible to contribute to the Django project without a >> Github account. I would like this to remain the case. >> > > This is the most important argument for the -0. In fact, as a seldom code > contributor but long time user and commenter on trac tickets, if I had to > vote, I would actually -1 on the basis of not wanting to give that blessing > to GitHub on an exclusive basis. If were are considering other OAuth > providers, "now is better than ever" lest GitHub take over as a de facto > standard that may never be overcome. > > Most importantly, how would Django as a project benefit from this choice > other than reducing minimal spam? > > A better solution would be to strengthen what it means to have an identity > on djangoproject.com. Rather than restricting user actions to Trac, we > could motivate users to create something like a Django profile which would > be used for Trac (among may other uses) and could later be linked to any > OAuth providers, including but not limited to GitHub. > > TL;DR Identity on djangoproject.com, Authentication linked to multiple > OAuth, Authorization in Trac. > > I hope that idea makes sense. I may be just babbling nonsense. > > > Cheers, > AT > > -- > 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/CAKBiv3xybw0b26tamFS%2BMDuPPF8Ce5L7bqza6k08a2_u2eeMcg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAKBiv3xybw0b26tamFS%2BMDuPPF8Ce5L7bqza6k08a2_u2eeMcg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero GPG Key fingerprint: 125F 5C67 DFE9 4084 -- 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/CAFRnB2V7MpQQrqzFp-_DOdcAzeRU%3DD_RdVy6ur02SBZWfVYYrw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
