openid for bazaar-vcs.org?

[Robert Collins]

On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 06:23 +0000, Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 05:50 +0000, Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> >> Robert Collins wrote:
> >>> The Ubuntu wikis now all have openid logins - anyone against us
> >>> upgrading to the same system? One less password...
> >>>
> >>> -Rob
> >> Oh, that'd be cool.
> >>
> >> Would it accept any OpenID or just Launchpad or whatever?
> > 
> > Launchpad ids at this point; I don't know the issues/plans regarding
> > using other authenticating parties.
> > 
> > -Rob
> 
> Why? It's a wiki -- who cares what OpenID provider people use?
> 
> Because it's the usual practice for Canonical wikis, and it's easiest to
> only allow LP now and possibly expand later?

Yes. Doing it differently is possible I suppose; but that will take
energy :).

My main motivation is to lock out the spammers that we are having bursts
of, and lp is pretty good at doing that. One of the issues I can see
with arbitrary authenticators is that spammers can setup their own ones.

-Rob
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