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-3d4b8815f923a8f137fb466901ca2...
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:
- Is this the appropriate list to discuss this issue on?
absolutely.
- 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
- 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