+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 <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Shai Berger <s...@platonix.com> 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
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