RubyGems.org integration

[qrush]

Let's have gittip buttons on http://rubygems.org! We can fit a button in here:

Here's the problem:

1. We only have emails from users, not GitHub usernames.
2. Gems can have > 1 "owner" (email). The vast majority have 1 or 2.
3. I'm not sure if we should allow tipping each author individually, or how that would be presented.
4. I'd really prefer just to put an <a> tag in instead of an <iframe>. We could drop a little 16x16px logo in too.

This is probably doable after #89. Let's make it happen!

[steveklabnik]

👍

[steveklabnik]

The issue with <a> is that it's a GET, which is bad.... then again, it could just link to the author's gittip page.

[brianmario]

👍 maybe rubygems.org could let users link to their GitHub profiles via oauth like gittip?

[steveklabnik]

#27 relates to having tips go to a project, not a single author, which would solve the 'multiple authors' bit.

[qrush]

Right now I'm 👎 on adding GitHub usernames to RubyGems.org. Linking just via email seems barebones enough to work.

[benburton]

👍

[benjaminws]

👍

[BrandonMathis]

Link to gittip profile page so ppl can select how much monies they want to tip.

[chadwhitacre]

This is really exciting. :-)

Consider #89 bumped up on my personal priority list.

[chadwhitacre]

This is a notice that I'm on vacation this week. I'll be back on Friday, August 10 to run Gittip #10, and will pick up with development the week following. In an emergency please call my cell, +1-412-925-4220. Thanks!

[chadwhitacre]

Okay, so to set expectations: My goal is to have giving to emails (#89) implemented by mid-September. I am prioritizing payouts (#22) and redesign (#66) ahead of that.

I am scheduled to be at XOXO in September, and I would really like to have something besides just GitHub in place before then. Since email synergizerizes with RubyGems and is basically the most open we could be (in terms of pledging to people who haven't necessarily joined yet) it seems like that's the one to tackle. Again, that ticket is #89. Let's keep this one for any RubyGems-specific issues.

[matin]

I would much rather RubyGems give me the ability to choose to add my gittip account to my RubyGems profile. That gives me choice. This also goes along with the idea of the opt in model (#28).

I wouldn't want a gittip button for the balanced ruby gem, and it make me personally feel disingenuous asking someone to support me for working on a open source client for a company.

[chadwhitacre]

I thought of a way to implement this. We can add these pages to Gittip:

• /on/rubygems/gems/slim/
• /on/rubygems/profiles/astone/
• /on/rubygems/profiles/minad/
• /on/rubygems/profiles/fredwu/

The first would be like a GitHub org page is now:

It would link to the gem and list the individuals associated with it. Then for /on/rubygems/profiles/ pages we'd have something similar to the other Twitter and GitHub profile pages on Gittip. However, you'd only be able to attach a RubyGems profile to an existing Gittip account. So if you were signed into Gittip you'd have the option to "Connect this RubyGems profile" or some such. That would fire an email with a link that would make the connection.

This is a variant of @lyndsysimon's suggestion on #89 for passwordless email verification. It's using email to handle the connection but not general authentication for Gittip.

[chadwhitacre]

@matin I reticketed the opt-in/opt-out question as rubygems/rubygems.org#500.