[OpenAFS-devel] RT, Gerrit, Release Management changes

Troy Benjegerdes hozer@hozed.org
Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:50:38 -0500


> While I appreciate that your intentions are well meaning, central.org is
> a trusted provider of services to openafs.org.  While OpenAFS may make
> requests of the central.org administrators, their time is hard to come
> by and the Gatekeepers would rather they spend their efforts on
> developing the processes necessary to permit broader access to members
> of the community.  Customizing RT to permit SPNEGO authentication is far
> down on the list.

Is OpenID for RT on that list?
 
> My final comment is that OpenAFS uses central.org because the
> individuals that run it are trusted to protect the privacy of the data
> stored within RT.  In particular, the contents of non-public queues.
> 
> Jeffrey Altman

That sounds like the compelling reason to use RT I was asking about earlier.

Which brings up another point... is OpenID (and various common openid
providers) sufficiently trusted to allow easy authenticated community
access to RT? A policy of no OpenID logins for non-public queues might
be reasonable.