I'm thinking of adding OpenID support to BZ

[Myk Melez]

Rob Lanphier wrote:

>*  I'm not sure how to approach IDs.  A URI is a valid identifier, and
>can take different forms.  For example, my LiveJournal ID can be
>"robla.livejournal.com" or "livejournal.com/users/robla" or
>"http://livejournal.com/users/robla".   Note that none of these are
>"robla at livejournal.com".  So, I'm wondering how best to approach this:
>
>a.  Make it so that the full gamut of OpenID's can be used as BZ IDs
>b.  Still require a mailing address, but auth against the OpenID server,
>and store the OpenID information in a new field in the database
>c.  some other approach
>  
>
Over in bug 218917 I have a patch to permit arbitrary usernames in Bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218917

I plan to land this in the 2.22 timeframe (i.e. the next six months, but 
sooner than later).  You might base your OpenID work on that (or help me 
finish that patch sooner!).

-myk