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hello folks,

tl;dr TryStack project is looking for a way to manage the members of the 
trials. The infra team is looking for alternatives to Facebook group.

During the infra team meeting yesterday there was a discussion about the 
future of TryStack.  Anne Gentle summarized:

The goal for TryStack is to use donated hardware and admin resources to 
give people a chance to try OpenStack as cloud consumers/devs.

Originally Facebook was the starting point for user access, with the 
intention to move it to something more integrated with our 
infrastructure. A blueprint exists[1].

A kerfluffle came up last week where Facebook wanted a privacy policy in 
place for what happens with user info for a group. It is my 
understanding that the app used to manage users in TryStack is now in a 
non-functional state.

Facebook at the moment provides TryStack with:

     1. Group member management (CRUD, remove)
     2. Ensure real identities, not bots or spammers
     3. Enable group communication with users

Since the Facebook app is not working we debated the options.
I believe that #3 group communication is easily solved via Ask OpenStack 
(it provides embeddable widgets, too) and mailing lists we already have. 
So the real issues to solve are #1 and #2, plus issue #0

     0. Migrate the > 8,000 existing members of FB trystack group

At the meeting we debated which authentication mechanism to replace 
Facebook with. The options are:

     a. use Launchpad and its ID: fully integrated with other OpenStack 
projects, it provides #1 with group management and it's fairly good at 
#2 too.
     b. something like Ask, with support to multiple providers: more 
flexible, but requires implementing spam prevention and CRUD/remove 
capabilities
     c. keep Facebook as is, improve the app writing the privacy policy.
     d. don't do anything (or do c.) and wait for a unified 
authentication mechanism based on the OpenStack Foundation members 
database to become a general ID provider for the project

The meeting didn't provide enough time to come to a conclusion. I'm 
posting this recap to continue the conversation on the list. I'll state 
my opinion in a separate message.

[1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trystack/+spec/openid-registration

/stef

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