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On 09/24/2013 07:34 PM, Robert Collins wrote:
> So thats a reason to move to Persona, which federates without needing
> that complexity.
> 
> That said, a 'Login with Launchpad' + 'Login with OpenID' button pair
> shouldn't be too confusing in the short term.
> 
> (Not that I see any point while we still require LP ids for bug management).

To be clear, I think it's a TERRIBLE idea to move half-way while we
still require launchpad ids for bugs.

> -Rob
> 
> On 25 September 2013 11:05, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:
>>
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>> On 09/24/2013 07:01 PM, Atwood, Mark wrote:
>>> | It's actually opposite of how you describe. Writing a good OpenID consumer
>>> is hard due to user interface design issues,
>>> | especially since most people (even most technical people) have no idea how
>>> to properly use OpenID. Education efforts
>>> | have been ongoing for 8 years, so that won't really help either.
>>>
>>> Except that in our case, all our apps are *already* OpenID consumers.  There
>>> is no additional education or development needed here.
>>>
>>> Standing up another provider is more work.  Making our existing apps be
>>> provider agnostic is less.
>>
>> Not true. You're forgetting user interface.
>>
>> Currently, we have passthrough SSO. That means you, at worst, click
>> "login" then get redirected, then click OK, then get redirected. Done.
>>
>> If we went to "any provider" - you'd have to click "login" - then enter
>> your OpenID - which will confuse almost every single developer we have,
>> since only a handful of us in the world actually understand OpenID, then
>> they will all come to #openstack-infra and ask questions. Then they will
>> get it wrong. Then they will mistype their OpenID. Then they WON'T HAVE
>> ONE... then they'll get it wrong again... and a giant pile of fail will
>> ensue.
>>
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