Comments on: Canonical Shop Open

By: James Henstridge

James Henstridge — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:13:09 +0000

If you look closely, you’ll see that OpenID is being used under the hood to authenticate to the shop. As for accepting external OpenIDs as a form of identification, I can’t give a time line for that becoming available.

Note that we are depending on a little more than a simple identity URL here though. A Launchpad ID also means we have a verified email address for the account, and don’t need to redo that validation when using the shop.

By: Wolfger

Wolfger — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:50:15 +0000

I second the “why not OpenID?” question. For an Open solution, it sure seems to be underutilized by FOSS websites.

By: pvandewyngaerde

pvandewyngaerde — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:18:29 +0000

why not openID authentication ??

By: sourcecode.de

sourcecode.de — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:09:34 +0000

Ubuntus Shop