I'm not sure if anyone noticed that. So I wanted to push it again. If nobody has any objections, I will disable the login methods at the end of August.
// Felix On Thu, 2022-08-04 at 22:26 +0000, Felix Singer wrote: > the Redmine developers released version 5.0 some months ago and > updating to this version will have some effects on us. So, I would > like to open a thread to discuss these issues with you and how we > deal with that situation. > > Currently, we are on the 4.2 branch and it still gets security and > bug fixes, but I can't tell at which point they will stop supporting > it. > > We enabled the login over OpenID, which is implemented natively and > not integrated over a plugin. With version 5.0, support for that was > removed. I assume this is due to that the implementation is based on > an older OpenID standard and there are not many users of it anymore > (TM). The newer standard seems to be called "OpenID Connect", but > it's not supported by Redmine. > > Also, we are using a plugin which allows the login over a Google > account. The compatibility of that plugin breaks with version 5.0. > > The problem is that we have users for both and with version 5.0 they > won't be able to use these methods anymore. > > However, I have an idea for a solution. I took a look at the Redmine > database and I played around with the Google login method. My tests > showed that it creates a normal user account, as it is done with the > registration, just with the little difference that no password is set > disabling the login over password. These accounts also have an user > name and an email address. As soon as I set a password, I was able to > login using the user name. > > So, my idea is that we just go with these changes and affected users > use the functionality to reset their password, which means they will > have a "normal" user account then. In preparation to that version > update, we should disable these login methods so that no new users > will make use of them. > > Other ideas? What's your opinion? _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list -- flashrom@flashrom.org To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-le...@flashrom.org
