Mantra, mon joli mantra, dis moi qui est la plus belle ?

[Laurențiu Nicola]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024, at 03:32, Regina Obe wrote:
> The following things require OSGeo LDAP account and I’d want to be careful about
>  
> QGIS plugin registration
I think this is one of the main reasons people register.

> Yes being able to post trac tickets
That's mostly PostGIS, right? I checked a couple of projects from https://trac.osgeo.org/, FDO is probably abandoned (and is causing some trouble with the database when the bots are hitting it), MapGuide's most recent tickets are from 18 months ago, GRASS uses GitHub anyway.

> Translating using Weblate.osgeo.org
This does seem important, indeed.

> Being able to set up a profile on osgeo.org
> Being able to setup or edit a page on wiki.osgeo.org
> Being able to put files on nextcloud.osgeo.org
> Logging into OSGeo servers – though granted that requires you being in a special group as well.
> Adding videos to video.osgeo.org
> Being able to start a meeting on meet.osgeo.org
Somehow I doubt that people will want to register just to upload something to Nextcloud or PeerTube. It's usually the other way around, it's those who've been with OSGeo for years that post there.

Regarding CAPTCHA's, Cloudflare's Turnstile works quite well, and requires no-interaction. I think reCAPTCHA also has a similar mode these days, but I'm not sure.

Of course, a lot of people have something against Cloudflare, but 1. they're not into the ad and tracking business, 2. I've seen very wild (surprising) accusations, but those were never substantiated.

I don't think whitelisting specific TLDs will help that much. About half of the requests come from students and people who teach at universities. And a lot of requests seem misguided, with people who think they need an account for random QGIS plugins. I'm not even sure it's a good thing to have students publish their homework, as, even assuming their plugins are great, they're unlikely to be maintained in the future.

Laurentiu
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