OpenID yadda yadda yadda...

[Martin Pool]

2009/3/13 Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt>:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:44:03AM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
>> Being an OpenID consumer would be useful.  However there are some
>> things Launchpad needs to do that are not (afaik) in the scope of
>> openid, including getting a password and/or gpg key, and getting a
>> verified mail address.
>
> Personally, all I want from Launchpad is to
>
>  * accept an OpenID instead of a username + password combination
>  * associate my OpenID with my already existing Launchpad account (or
>    create a new Launchpad account for me, if I don't already have one)
>
> I have no desire that Launchpad store its account data on my OpenID
> server, and I doubt that's possible.

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/210943

I see (maybe because the feedback in this thread or maybe
coincidentally) that this just went up to High and is targeted at the
3.0 release in ~June 2009.  Obviously having it targeted is not the
same as having it done but it's a good sign.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>