[wp-hackers] Should OpenID be bundled by default in WP?

[Robin Adrianse]

I agree. I personally will probably not be using my WordPress installation's
OpenID, as I already have 2, only 1 of which I actually wanted and thus
signed up explicitly for the OpenID (MyOpenID, the other is WP.com).

On 3/11/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com>
wrote:
>
> My opinion:
> 1) Yes - we should bundle a plugin (consumer)
> 2) Yes, yes, yes - for publishing entries and comments
> 3) No it should not be enabled by default
>
> There are no other plugins enabled by default, not even akismet. As much
> as I like the concept of OpenID, I don't think we're at the point where
> it should be on by default yet.
>
> My tuppence worth...
>
> Callum.
>
> Elias Torres wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I think most are already swapped in the OpenID discussion and more
> > importantly we have all learned a bit more about what the technology
> > provides, what are the possible aspects that would be most useful to WP
> > and we even had some volunteers.
> >
> > The last thread is slowly drifting from the original question so I'd
> > like to rephrase my question (since I know see other alternatives
> > besides core) and ask:
> >
> > Should we bundle an OpenID consumer plugin with the main distro?
> > if so, should it be for publishing entries? comments? both?
> > if so, should it be enabled by default?
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > -Elias
> >
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