[fab] OpenID: an actually distributed identity system

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 08:06 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:
> On 9/27/06, seth vidal <skvidal at linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 08:41 -0400, Michael Tiemann wrote:
> > - moinmoin has been 'openid enabled' - but only in 1.5.X - not the
> > version we're using right now - 1.3.X. We should be able to move to it -
> > but it will be an involved process, I'm sure. Not the least of which is
> > getting all the people to now create openid accounts. And this says
> > nothing of the need for the CLA that we require.
> >
> > - mailman - it has been openid enabled but not in the upstream release.
> > Patches are available.
> >
> > - bugzilla appears to be completely out in the cold which means there
> > would be a need for someone to do the programming and, theoretically,
> > submitting the patches upstream.
> >
> > So we'd have to refit a good portion of our infrastructure (some of
> > which also serves @redhat.com not just fedora) and we'd have to get our
> > users to migrate to the new login mechanism. I'm not saying it's
> > impossible but I think we're looking at a development time and migration
> > path that IF we have people willing to undertake it will take greater
> > than a year.
> >
> > -sv
> >
> 
> We're re-designing the accounting system right now anyway, we could
> certainly look into doing something like this.  For those that don't
> know here's the draft page:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem2/
> 

<nod> I just don't want anyone getting their hopes up for a quick
turnaround.

-sv