Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

Clint Adams wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:47:50PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > That would solve the problems outlined in this thread, but it would
> > still be worse than the merge, for a very simple reason: either me or
> > the auditors, to know the actual total amount of reserves would need to
> > check two accounts instead of one. It's clearly doable, but it's also
> > clearly less handy than the merge situation.
> 
> Is there a technical difference in the process of FFIS merging the
> accounts versus the DPL assuming control of both accounts, authorizing
> all the funds in the DebConf account to be transferred to the Debian
> account, and then closing the DebConf account afterwards?

Yes.  A lot.

The difference is between:

  UPDATE account_details SET earmark = 'Debian' WHERE earmark = 'Debconf';
  DELETE FROM account_authority WHERE earmark = 'Debconf';
  DELETE FROM account_views WHERE earmark = 'Debconf';

versus

  INSERT INTO account_authority (earmark,name) ('Debconf','Zack');

> If there is, are there any legal implications to either option?

None.

Regards,

	Joey

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