It seems the time has finally come that we should move wiki login over
to OSGeo Ids:
1. To cut down on spam (eliminating all spam accounts in one swoop and
making it harder to start a new one)
2. Single Sign On is one of the benefits that isn't really be achieved
right now, and for me is an important part of intra-project collaboration.
3. The only outstanding issue is what to do with old usernames that
don't match osgeo names.
I think we should just put up a warning for about a week saying we're
switching and provide the information on how to get an osgeo id if you
don't have one. If trivial, dual logins for that time period would be
nice but not necessary. We should document this all on a wiki page so
users who come back and wonder what happened to their old logins/user
pages have an answer. Keep in mind old pages will still be around so we
can always engineer some solution to map or move user pages/history down
the line (Anyone who has time is welcome to try to come up with a solution).
Martin, What schedule works for you to do the magic?
Anyone have any major issues that would delay this action?
Thanks,
Alex
PS: Next big thing is upgrade of trac, which will support multi-repos
and git. We have the test server available, volunteers welcome.
I have to admit that I ran out of time the past one or two weeks, but,
genereally speaking, the sole reason why the move to LDAP
authentication still didn't happen is the (my) lack of knowledge on how
to add custom content/logic into the MediaWiki login page.
I already did the technical MediaWiki LDAP part more than once (at
other places plus a test setup @ OSGeo), but I need support by someone
who knows how to properly add a reminder and another entry field to the
login form.
Cheers,
Martin.
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Martin Spott <Martin.Spott@mgras.net> wrote:
I have to admit that I ran out of time the past one or two weeks, but,
genereally speaking, the sole reason why the move to LDAP
authentication still didn't happen is the (my) lack of knowledge on how
to add custom content/logic into the MediaWiki login page.
I already did the technical MediaWiki LDAP part more than once (at
other places plus a test setup @ OSGeo), but I need support by someone
who knows how to properly add a reminder and another entry field to the
login form.
Cheers,
Martin.
--
Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !
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