[Haskell-cafe] OAuth on gitlab.haskell.org

[Bryan Richter]

Sorry, when I said "this mailing list" I thought I was talking to
ghc-devs at haskell.org! Perhaps *this* list *would* have been better.

Here was the message:
https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2023-May/021222.html

On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, 7.37 Bryan Richter, <bryan at haskell.foundation> wrote:

> Hi Julian, sorry for the trouble.
>
> You *should* be able to use password reset on GitLab in order to create a
> password and log in with it. Others have done this.
>
> I turned off GitHub oauth because there was a deluge of spam accounts that
> were bypassing account approval by using it. I do want to turn it back on
> eventually, but we need to do some other work first to have better spam
> protection.
>
> This mailing list is where I announced the change when it happened. I do
> wish I had a better way to reach active users who might run into this...
>
> Let me know if you continue to have trouble getting in.
>
> -Bryan
>
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023, 19.00 Julian Brunner, <julianbrunner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I last used gitlab.haskell.org in 2022 via OAuth on my GitHub account.
>> However, this seems to no longer be an option. The account itself
>> (https://gitlab.haskell.org/julianbrunner) seems to still exist, but I
>> am unable to log in or request a password reset. I could not find any
>> way to contact anyone on gitlab.haskell.org or any information on the
>> removal of the OAuth option. Does anyone know how I can get my account
>> back or who I should contact to get this sorted out?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>  Julian
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