Streamlining Account Signup Process

Mike McGrath mmcgrath at redhat.com
Thu Jun 28 19:57:31 UTC 2007


Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> This question stems from a post on the CentOS mailing list -- a fellow
> wanted to add a couple items to the EPEL Wishlist but wasn't sure how.
>
> I suggested he get a Wiki account and add it himself (probably should
> have just added it for him, but...).  In any case, here's his rant:
>
>   http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-June/083203.html
>
> I think I agree with him in spirit that getting a Wiki / FAS account
> set up is a bit of a daunting process.
>
> I pointed him here:
>
>   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WikiEditing#head-3d4b8815f923a8f137fb466901ca2cf1b567cf0f
>
> Which has links pointing to other lists of tasks to do -- it can get
> rather spaghetti like, especially when you don't understand why you're
> generating all these SSH keys and GPG keys, etc :)
>
>   
FAS2 won't have this requirement for a generic account.
> My questions are as follows:
>
>   1. Is this the appropriate list to discuss this issue on?
>   
absolutely.
>   2. Do you guys agree that the signup process is overly complex?  Or
>      does the process partially serve to ensure that the candidate is
>      sufficiently motivated and persistent? :)
>   
It was a legal constraint
>   3. If so, can we discuss a way to simplify it?
>   

A simpler wiki setup is actually on its way.  quaid, paulobanon: care to 
comment further?

    -Mike




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