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A fair and valid point, and to Django's credit, they actually do have Github OAuth as the signin procedure for Trac! Unfortunately, it's still a new interface f
by btown 8y ago
A fair and valid point, and to Django's credit, they actually do have Github OAuth as the signin procedure for Trac! Unfortunately, it's still a new interface for people to learn and be afraid of - and most importantly, it's a place where activity can be hidden from people who are just browsing the codebase, so the project looks less active than it actually is!
Bots that mirror content/comments between the various platforms might be an interesting interim step that could minimize those scare quotes, and achieve many of the benefits in a minimally invasive way.
- jsmeaton 8y agoEvery year or so someone brings up the prospect of moving from Trac to something else (mostly github recently). October was the last time this was brought up[0]. I'm of the opinion that Trac is probably blocking a number of people from contributing, even if that contribution is participating in comments and voting on issues. But that's exactly the kind of thing the community as a whole can be empowered to do without the old guard of core vetoing the suggestion outright. The python community are considering doing just that now with PEP 581. [0]https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/aiyE__qSHBY https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/ai... [1]https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0581/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0581/