Re: Fwd: Persona 2015 through 2016

On 2014-10-30 21:12, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> FYI: 'If we are not making meaningful progress or do not have a credible plan on that date, then Mozilla will announce an intent to end-of-life Persona, with a server turnoff date of June 30th, 2016.'

IMO, the underlying problem is that the web develops very slowly compared
to app-environments like Android and iOS.  You simply can't build a
credible mobile banking application using web technology!

"<keygen>" is almost 20 years old and so is the foundation it builds on.

Anders

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Dan Callahan* <dcallahan@mozilla.com <mailto:dcallahan@mozilla.com>>
> Date: 30 October 2014 20:36
> Subject: Persona 2015 through 2016
> To: dev-identity@lists.mozilla.org <mailto:dev-identity@lists.mozilla.org>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> Last week, Gene Wood (former Persona ops) and I met again with Mark Mayo (VP of Services) to discuss Persona's longer-term future at Mozilla.
>
> Over the past year, Firefox Accounts (FxA) has drifted toward a traditional (OAuth) model, and away from possible synergies with BrowserID or Persona. This puts Persona in a bind: work on FxA will not benefit Persona, and vice versa. MoCo's organizational priorities remain the same: developers are focusing on FxA, and that focus is unlikely to shift to Persona in the foreseeable future.
>
> This isn't sustainable for Persona, nor for Mozilla. If we, as a community, want to see Persona succeed, then we must work together and remove Persona's reliance on Mozilla for the centralized fallback.
>
> Here's the deal:
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> 1. Persona will continue to receive its current level of support (operations, security, monitoring, etc.) from Mozilla through 2015.
>
> 2. We have until June 30th, 2015 to return to a trajectory of growth, external contribution, sustainability, and independence from the Mozilla-operated fallback IdP.
>
> 3. If we are not making meaningful progress or do not have a credible plan on that date, then Mozilla will announce an intent to end-of-life Persona, with a server turnoff date of June 30th, 2016.
>
> Now, it's not all doom and gloom. Persona was designed to be decentralized. The only thing at risk is a single, centralized fallback. Which we needed to get rid of anyway.
>
> 1. If we make it easier to self-host Persona, we remove the dependency on Mozilla's fallback and we're golden.
>
> 2. If a compatible custodian steps up and commits engineering and operational resources to Persona, we remove the dependency on Mozilla's fallback and we're golden.
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> Further, if we can articulate a specific set of engineering tasks that need to be accomplished to make a transition to a specific custodian feasible, then Mozilla is willing to temporarily commit engineers to Persona in order to make that happen.
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> If you believe in Persona or if your organization relies on Persona, now is the time to step up. Our combined effort over the next 8 months will determine Persona's fate in 2016.
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> Our immediate goals remain the same: enable new contributions through better documentation, and split up the repository into independent modules for ease of maintenance. Look for another email regarding specific bugs to tackle soon.
>
> We're kicking Persona out of the nest.
>
> It's time for it to fly.
>
> Best,
> -Callahad
>
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