Re: Google signin

Magnus,

* Magnus Hagander (magnus(at)hagander(dot)net) wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> > I do think there's value in removing the need for this form to be filled
> > out, particularly for $user who doesn't have a .Org account and isn't on
> > the .Org site but is actually on some other website (eg:
> > postgresopen.org or pgconf.eu) and just wants to register for a
> > conference- they could possibly just hit 'login with google' or whatever
> > and then have everything happen magically for them without ever actually
> > seeing the .Org website.
>
> I fully agree. I just don't see a way to do it, without changing the core
> of community auth to be based off email instead of username, and stopping
> the use of software like mediawiki. Which I don't think we are willing to
> do.

I agree that we'll need to continue to live with Mediawiki and its
limitations. This is really something we can continue to think about
anyway, it doesn't need to be solved now.

Thanks!

Stephen