openid for bazaar-vcs.org?

[Matt Nordhoff]

Robert Collins wrote:
> 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

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that before. That's a good point. OK, then. :-)
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