[lxc-users] discuss.linuxcontainers.org experiment

[Sean McNamara]

It works now.

Thank you.

Sean

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 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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