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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: Access to the svn/web server (was: Build problem on pretty old
From:       Andre Poenitz <andre.poenitz () mathematik ! tu-chemnitz ! de>
Date:       2009-04-28 17:04:48
Message-ID: 20090428170448.GA3009 () tu-chemnitz ! de
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 09:39:42AM +0200, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Andre Poenitz wrote:
>
>>> We could start with JMarc askig Lars for access?
>>
>> I see no particular reason for Jean-Marc to _ask_ for access. It's  
>> something that should have happened automatically.
>
> Early on, Lars' did ask people to let him know if they _needed_ access 
> and if so give a reason. IIRC, Jean-Marc declined at the time. Now it's  
> different, but don't forget that it's _us_ that want Jean-Marc to have  
> access. The latter is another reason that Jean-Marc should ask, thus  
> accepting the responsibility that comes with the access.

There was also a bit behind-the-curtains communications with the goal
that more than one person has access.

>> I understand that we don't need a dozen people with root access, or 
>> even full shell access, and restricting it to people who _need_ it is  
>> certainly in order. But right now the bus factor is simply wrong.
>
> The "bus factor"?

The number of people that a bus needs to knock down to effectively
kill a project.

[...]

Andre'

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