[lxc-users] discuss.linuxcontainers.org experiment

[Stéphane Graber]

Hi,

Can you try again now?

Looks like some bad interaction between github and discourse due to https.

Stéphane

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:03:26PM -0400, Sean McNamara wrote:
> Reproduced the same error on a fresh install of Firefox 52.x ESR, with
> zero add-ons/extensions and no cookies anywhere (had never used
> Firefox before on this system). Logged into GitHub, then went to
> discuss.linuxcontainers.org, then clicked "Sign Up", then clicked
> "with GitHub". Message matches my previous post.
> 
> Sean
> 
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Having trouble registering a new account based on Github auth. I
> > confirmed I'm logged into Github in another tab. Chrome latest stable
> > on MacOS Sierra.
> >
> > Specific error (in a red box in a pop-up window) says: "Sorry, there
> > was an error authorizing your account. Perhaps you did not approve
> > authorization?"
> >
> > I never even get a prompt *to* approve authorization.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> Hey there,
> >>
> >> We know that not everyone enjoys mailing-lists and searching through
> >> mailing-list archives and would rather use a platform that's dedicated
> >> to discussion and support.
> >>
> >> We don't know exactly how many of you would prefer using something like
> >> that instead of the mailing-list or how many more people are out there
> >> who would benefit from such a platform.
> >>
> >> But we're giving it a shot and will see how things work out over the
> >> next couple of months. If we see little interest, we'll just kill it off
> >> and revert to using just the lxc-users list. If we see it take off, we
> >> may start recommending it as the preferred place to get support and
> >> discuss LXC/LXD/LXCFS.
> >>
> >>
> >> The new site is at: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org
> >>
> >>
> >> We support both Github login as well as standalone registration, so that
> >> should make it easy for anyone interested to be able to post questions
> >> and content.
> >>
> >> The site is configured to self-moderate, so active users who post good
> >> content and help others will automatically get more privileges. That
> >> should let the community shape how this space works rather than have me
> >> and the core team babysit it :)
> >>
> >>
> >> Discourse (the engine we use for this) supports notifications by e-mail
> >> as well as responses and topic creation by e-mail. So for those of you
> >> who don't like dealing with web stuff, you can tweak the e-mail settings
> >> in your account and then interact with it almost entirely through
> >> e-mails.
> >>
> >> Just a note on that bit, the plaintext version of those e-mails isn't so
> >> great right now, it's not properly wrapped, contains random spacing and
> >> the occasional html. I subscribed myself to receive all notifications
> >> and will try to tweak the discourse e-mail code for those of us who use
> >> mutt or other text-based clients.
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, please feel free to post your questions over there, share
> >> stories on what you're doing with LXC/LXD/LXCFS, ...
> >>
> >> We just ask that bug reports remain on Github. If a support question
> >> turns out to be a bug, we'll file one for you on Github or ask for you
> >> to go file one there (similar to what we've been doing on this list).
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this is a useful addition to our community!
> >>
> >> Stéphane
> >>
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-- 
Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com
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