Usage discussion from the GNU Emacs project.
Ben Finney
ben+bazaar at benfinney.id.au
Fri Nov 27 07:20:38 GMT 2009
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:
> Ben Finney writes:
> > Who is "Bazaar" in this usage?
>
> The community, as represented by this list, and especially the
> subcommunity of active developers.
[…]
Okay. The things you're asking for seem to require a combination of good
Bazaar technical knowledge *and* established trust in the Savannah
administration. Who do we know has that combination of qualifications?
> > > There's clearly a "bzr doesn't need to be effectively set up
> > > because users don't care very much" meme incubating at Savannah.
> > > That's really not good.
[…]
> > Given that it's evident, I agree that's not good. What exactly are
> > you asking to be done about it?
>
> Well, if anybody has RMS's cellphone number, call him up! :-)
Heh. For those who don't know, RMS is famously outspoken against cell
phones, not least because they are a form of corporate-controlled
surveillance. He certainly doesn't use one himself.
[…]
> No, I'm suggesting that maybe somebody ought to (1) package a
> dead-simple method for setting up the smart server for the general
> audience, and (2) look into the alleged security issues mentioned by
> Sylvain Beuclair in http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?107077, and see
> if there's some way to provide some support for a Savannah transition.
[…]
> The sticking point for bzr+ssh on Savannah is the alleged security
> issue, and the lack of interest. Bazaar devs can help by researching
> that, and providing authoritative technical backup to the users who
> are asking for bzr+ssh.
Thanks. That at least seems a tangible target, with a well-defined skill
set required to attain; I trust your account that it is a useful focus
of attention and effort.
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