rfc: permissions on package branches

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday, February 17, 2011 07:19:29 pm Martin Pool wrote:
> On 18 February 2011 10:43, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 17, 2011 06:33:35 pm John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> >> On 2/17/2011 4:59 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> >> > On Thursday, February 17, 2011 05:20:07 pm John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> >> >> On 2/14/2011 11:34 PM, Martin Pool wrote:
> >> >>> We have a question in <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516709> about
> >> >>> what the permissions on official package branches ought to be, and
> >> >>> how they should be explained to the user.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Obviously people feel very passionate about this subject, given the
> >> >> intense discussion. </sarcasm>
> >> > 
> >> > So far I asked what a "celebrity" is in this context and no one
> >> > answered.
> >> 
> >> Hmmm. I don't see your other message.
> >> 
> >> As I understand it, things like ~ubuntu-branches. But I could be wrong.
> > 
> > I don't understand it either, that's why I ask.  In the original message
> > option 1 started, "Don't allow branches owned by non-celebrities to
> > become the official branch for a package."  Without knowing what a
> > celebrity is in this context it's a bit difficult to commenton the
> > proposal.
> 
> As jml said, it's a user specially known to the Launchpad codebase.
> For instance, ~admins is in that category because they have some
> permissions that you cannot obtain other than by becoming a member of
> that team.
> 
> In this case, it would be that Launchpad would have some code to say
> ~ubuntu-branches or similar must be the only owner of official package
> branches.  (Or perhaps it's not even strictly necessary to make it
> exactly a celebrity, as long as there are other limits on changing
> official branches.)
> 
> Anyhow, the gist of it would be that it would still have a nominal
> owner, but an owner that no human can access.  The only access would
> be through Ubuntu package access control rules.

Thanks,

Scott K