[OpenID board] BOARD VOTE: Motion to update Rails plugin and OpenID.net ...

[Scott Kveton]

> Has any asked whoever built the current library if they will fix it?

The Refresh folks spoke with the current maintainer and he agrees is
needs to be fixed and is willing to accept patches but isn't going to
do the work.

> btw: I do agree it is an issue that we changed the site during the
> process -- but changing again is also bad. That people were locked out
> from joining for a while was disappointing. I'd prefer to try and keep
> the site stable until the elections are over and then replace RPX with
> an open source implementation that works.

I should clarify: the election ends on 12/24/2008 and changes to the
membership software would be *after* that.  No one is going to touch
the membership software until after the elections are completed.

- Scott



> On 17-Dec-08, at 6:30 PM, Scott Kveton wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the all-caps ... just trying to get folks attention.
>>
>> RPX was deployed onto the OIDF members page earlier this month and
>> there were a few concerns around the use of a non-vendor neutral
>> technology for something like foundation voting.  In addition, the
>> Ruby plugin for OpenID has not be upgraded to meet the 2.0
>> specification needs.  It was agreed to leave RPX in place until the
>> end of the election but I'd like to make a motion around fixing the
>> plugin and putting the membership software back where it was:
>>
>> As per the attached proposal I would like the OIDF to engage Refresh
>> Media to update the Rails OpenID plugin and then deploy the OpenID
>> 2.0-compliant version for the membership system.  Total cost will be
>> $1500-$2000 and the patches to the plugin will be submitted back to
>> the Ruby community as open source and available for all Rails users.
>> This motion will require responses from 7 board members with at least
>> 4 +1's (57.1% in favor) from those responses by Wednesday 12/24/2008.
>>
>> - Scott
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