From 370261e715ab53e9630e2c209e478c4b87bf14c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 14:31:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] thoughts --- doc/todo/emailauth.mdwn | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/emailauth.mdwn b/doc/todo/emailauth.mdwn index bf139cff3..a164b783b 100644 --- a/doc/todo/emailauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/emailauth.mdwn @@ -72,4 +72,30 @@ Implementation notes: * Adapting the passwordauth reset code is probably the simplest way to implement emailauth. That uses a CGI::Session id as the entropy. +---- + +So this all seems doable. What I'm unsure about is this: Is emailauth going +to be sufficiently easier than passwordauth that it will let users +contribute to wikis who otherwise wouldn't? + +Using passwordauth, the user can register by just picking a password, and +username, and entering email. That's 2 more things that need to be entered, +but then there is no need to wait for an email link to arrive. Which can +take a while, or be an unreliable, opaque process for users. + +OTOH, maybe some users don't want to have to make up a username and +password, or pchycologically don't want to register. emailauth would then +let them contiribute. + +I also have a motivation for ikiwiki-hosting/branchable. That needs the +user to be able to log into the site, create their own wiki, and then log +into their own wiki. Currently, openid is the only way to do that; +emailauth would be another way. + +Another motivation from ikiwiki-hosting/branchable is that with google +openid going away, many sites can have only google openids as adminusers, and +that has to be manually dealt with. But if emailauth is added, those +adminusers can be converted, perhaps automatically, to use the email +addresses on record. + Thoughts anyone? --[[Joey]] -- 2.39.5