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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How do I log into gerrit these days?

From: Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 09:23:53 -0700
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12-03-16 18:32, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 4:47 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 10-03-16 05:55, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Graham Bloice
>>>> <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 March 2016 at 18:06, Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Need to review some stuff. Where/what are the instructions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/SubmittingPatches
>>>>
>>>> That didn't actually answer the question.
>>>>
>>>> I had to guess that google-oauth[2]-blah-blah was the correct thing to use.
>>>>
>>>> It worked, however.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Are you saying that this line of the referenced Wiki page is incorrect/unhelpful?
>>>
>>> "Go to Wireshark's Gerrit Code Review site and sign in. Gerrit supports OpenID,
>>> so if you've got an account with Google, Yahoo, Launchpad, Wordpress, Blogger or
>>> any of a dozen other OpenID providers you will be able to use that account."
>>
>> Well, it wasn't clear what I should do when I got there, so I clicked
>> on what looked reasonable and it worked.
>>
>> I have already reached that page before asking the question.
>>
>> Perhaps the page in question could have clarifying words like "Click
>> the appropriate link below to authenticate'
>>
>> Attached is a screen shot of that page.
>>
>> So, should I enter my username in the first field and click one of the
>> links? Which one? The first two do not mention the work sign in, etc.
>>
>> It is confusing. Eventually, I figured it out, but it shouldn't take that long.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Now I see, for someone unfamiliar with OpenID(1) it's not immediately obvious
> how this thing works. But anyone reasonably intelligent should be able to figure
> it out easily, as you've experienced. Granted, the page is a bid sparse, a line
> like you proposed would be fitting.

OK, I'll admit it. I not intelligent :-)

> (1) Making assumptions here, talking in the general sense.
>
> Thanks,
> Jaap
>
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