On 10/9/07, Gerhard Killesreiter <gerhard@killesreiter.de> wrote:
I think we need a front page post about it with a specific deadline at which @drupal.org logins on other sites will no longer work. I think we should give people at least a month to transition, upgrade, whatever they have to do. Plus, we should attempt to have d.o as an OpenID provider ASAP (which doesn't require putting the OpenID server code in core for D6, mind you), ideally as part of the info in that front page post, encouraging people to use that instead...
There are people who want to work on an open ID server for d.o. I propose that we end support for drupal.module-type logins either last of december or whenever that server is there. Whatever comes first.
James Walker, as part of his Community Ambassador duties for the Association, has agreed to take on the task of making a plan / proposal for this. Please contact James Walker or myself to get involved. Or just start porting / testing the OpenID Server code using the issue queue if you wanna just go ahead and code..... My suggestion about "backwards compatability" would be only having to enter your d.o. username -- everything else would still continue with OpenID authentication ... yes to marketing and education :P -- Boris Mann Office 604-682-2889 Skype borismann http://www.bryght.com