Right, I definitely agree with that. So, use the OpenID standard, but not prebuilt OpenID software.
Building an OpenID server plugin for Habari definitely has other benefits as well. On Jun 2, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Caius Durling wrote: > On 2 Jun 2009, at 16:55, Arthus Erea wrote: > >> I'm not sure prebuilt OpenID is the best solution for our needs. >> Ideally, we should be able to extend and add functionality as needed. >> >> If we want to do that, it's probably best to have the "core" system >> (profiles, database) built on Habari. With that core in place, we >> should be able to build auth modules for other platforms. >> >> I don't think we should use a premade OpenID package, but maybe the >> core system could conform to the OpenID or OAuth specs? >> >> Also, don't forget Owen's point: any such solution should be able >> to integrate with both Trac and SVN. >> > > > OpenID is the standard don't forget, so we could quite easily write > an OpenID-server plugin for habari, and use hp.o as the auth point > for everything. > > And in fact, I think this is the way we should go. The standards are > there already, why bother doing (the usual PHP thing) of reinventing > the wheel. :) > > C > --- > Caius Durling > [email protected] > +44 (0) 7960 268 100 > http://caius.name/ > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
