GHC GitLab change to login: disabling OAuth via GitHub

[Jakob Brünker]

Hi,

for what it's worth, as someone who has been using GitHub OAuth, it looks
like using the password reset functionality with one's github email address
is enough to be able to log in.

Best,
Jakob

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 12:08 PM Bryan Richter via ghc-devs <
ghc-devs at haskell.org> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Spammers have been abusing GitHub OAuth to create accounts on
> gitlab.haskell.org and post spam.
>
> Due to team resources, the only good way to stop spammers right now is to
> manually approve each new user. GitHub OAuth defeats that by automatically
> approving new users.
>
> So, sadly, I have disabled GitHub OAuth for the time being. If you used it
> to sign up and have trouble logging in now, one of us admins can help you
> out.
>
> -Bryan
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