[Python-Dev] Hosting the Jython hg repo (original) (raw)

Philip Jenvey pjenvey at underboss.org
Sun Apr 10 22:37:03 CEST 2011

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.

-- Philip Jenvey

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