RGB ES wrote:

Back in time, all accounts on the Extensions website were local, i.e., site-specific. Later, the (good, in itself) idea to link them to openoffice.org accounts was implemented, and all existing accounts were asked to perform the conversion you describe, i.e., switch to the @openoffice.org authentication.

But if you were sloppy (or lucky, as you wish!) enough to avoid updating your account at the time, there is no reason to update it now. Actually, as the DNS change, very likely, broke authentication only for the users (almost all, probably) who had migrated their account, your old account might still work on the old website at http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/user too if you are patient enough to reload a few times.

As I explained, the procedure you bumped in now is outdated, we were asked to follow it in 2010 or so. You are surely right: now would be the worst moment to "update" your account to use an openoffice.org account.

Regards, Andrea.