[Python-Dev] Hosting the Jython hg repo

[Philip Jenvey]

On Apr 10, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>> The one question that comes to mind is how will repo write
>> permissions be handled/shared between all our repos? With the recent
>> policy of granting Jython committers cpython commit access if they
>> want it, sharing the permissions wouldn't be a problem. In turn we
>> like the idea of reciprocating commit rights to Jython back to
>> cpython committers.
> 
> In the past, granting permissions generously wasn't a problem as long
> as users where aware what repositories they are allowed to commit to.
> There isn't a true push log at this point (IIUC), but at least for
> cpython, we can audit what changes have been pushed by what user through
> the commit emails.
> As it is always possible to revert undesired changes, and to revoke
> privileges that are abused, there is no reason to technically enforce
> access control.
> 
> IOW, cpython committers just shouldn't push to Jython's repository,
> and vice versa, except for a good reason.
> 
> Ultimately, it's up to Georg and Antoine to decide whether they want
> to accept the load. One option would be to grant a Jython developer
> control to account management - preferably a single person, who would
> then also approve/apply changes to the hooks.

That could be me. If this would mean creating an account for me on python.org so I could handle the majority of the maintenance instead of Georg & Antoine, I'd be up for that.

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Philip Jenvey