Changing defaults for three edx-platform toggles

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We are planning on changing the defaults for several settings in edx-platform, specifically:

ENABLE_COPPA_COMPLIANCE
FEATURES['ENABLE_OAUTH2_PROVIDER']​
FEATURES['MILESTONES_APP']​

While these were previously defaulted to False, we are planning on defaulting these to True with the possibility of removing the second two toggles entirely with a future DEPR ticket.

If you have any questions about these changes, please let us know here.

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Hi Diana!
I’ve been reviewing the ENABLE_COPPA_COMPLIANCE setting, but I couldn’t find much information in the documentation. Do you have exactly what are the implications of enabling COPPA compliance?

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In particular, I’d like to know what the impact would be from setting ENABLE_COPPA_COMPLIANCE to true on accounts created through third-party auth, and accounts created via API.

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Yes, we have some documentation on the setting: Feature Toggles — edx-platform Technical Reference documentation

The short answer is that it removes Year of Birth information from registration form and other similar places.

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I’ve seen what’s in the feature toggles doc, but there is not much detail. I didn’t understand what’s the meaning of removing YOB from the registration form, because this is not something asked there. I’ve seen YOB asked only to access the account settings.