On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:45 AM, William Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 00:38 -0400, Elliot Murphy wrote: >> I'm really glad to see this being discussed in detail. >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:18 PM, William Grant <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I think that login.launchpad.net needs to disappear. It is simply too >> > confusing -- everyone has two independent sets of email addresses >> > associated with Launchpad.net. >> > >> > It can't safely be destroyed now (forcing non-Ubuntu LP users to use an >> > Ubuntu-branded SSO site would be foolish), but it seems reasonable to do >> > it once LP becomes a general OpenID provider. >> >> This might be a dumb question, but why is it a problem if non-Ubuntu >> LP users see an Ubuntu-branded SSO site? > > Many projects are concerned that Launchpad is too tied to Ubuntu. > Forcing them through an Ubuntu authentication gateway will probably not > help with that. >
I don't disagree with you, but I haven't heard anything from these projects. I'd like to know more about their concerns, do you have anything that could help me follow this up? ... >> > In summary: fix bug #637968, make LP a general RP, destroy >> > login.launchpad.net. >> >> This sounds like a good summary, although I would like to understand >> why is making LP a general RP a necessary step? > > As above: we don't want to scare more people off LP. Forcing everyone > through somewhere with heavy Ubuntu branding is going to scare more > people off. > Well, even separately from the branding issue, it's removing a step for people who already have openids. I'm not convinced that Ubuntu branding would scare people off. First, I don't think Ubuntu branding is that scary. Second, I think that a little bit of copy could significantly reduce the "you are now Ubuntified" aspect. I more readily believe that people will be put off simply by yet another password confirmation dialog. jml _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
