[vlc-devel] [Announcement] Trac bug tracker migrated to GitLab

[Hannes Domani]

 Am Freitag, 26. März 2021, 02:28:01 MEZ hat Marvin Scholz <epirat07 at gmail.com> Folgendes geschrieben:

> On 26 Mar 2021, at 1:58, amindfv--- via vlc-devel wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 08:22:42PM +0100, Marvin Scholz wrote:
> >
> >> The new bug tracker for VLC can now be found on:
> >>
> >> https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/
> >
> > Hello,
>
> Hi,
>
> >
> > I'm attempting to update my existing bug tickets and am unable to do
> > anything on the new Gitlab instance because after registration it
> > blocks any action I try to take with "The global settings require you
> > to enable Two-Factor Authentication for your account."
> >
> > I don't want to have to install some closed-source third-party app
> > just to report a bug for an open source project, and I'd guess many
> > others won't want to as well. Can you disable this requirement?
> >
>
> There is no need to install a closed-source app, there are open-source
> 2FA apps available too. The message
> is a bit confusing as it suggests a specific app iirc, but any 2FA app
> will do.
>
> There is unfortunately no way to enforce 2FA only for some user groups
> or so, so we can not disable
> it without disabling the requirement for all users, which we do not want
> to, afaik.

I think it's a bit unreasonable to expect users to install extra 2FA
software, just to be able to create or comment on tickets.


Regards
Hannes