Re: Bits from the DPL (May 2019)
> A guest account in Debian LDAP does not get a Salsa account, at least
> not an usable one. Currently only users in the Debian group are
> allowed.Hmm - so salsa is useless at all - i don't think so. Change
your pov and see it otherwise: A guest can open a project - all members
of the Debian group have no saying and no rights. Some would call it
nice and the best outcome ever. Joke aside: If i want to have any rights
as a DM in some repositories i contribute to i had to ask for polite -
no problem for me, as the very most people in Debian are very kind. Same
is for Debian Developers when they want to provide to a project that was
started by a DM - just fair, isn't it?
>> There are transitions like someone retiring from the project where we
>> actually would be delighted if they continued to use salsa in some
>> capacity.The rights to use salsa should not be coupled with the
status as DD, DM or whatever - imho different things. The outcome is:
People bitten by this will put their repos on github, gitlab or
whatever. Do we really want this as a project? Imho no, if these issues
could be solved i would go so far that i would expect that packages in
debian are managed within debian infrastructure - SCM included.
> The largest technical problem with that is providing the user with a
> valid e-mail address. Apart from that we need DSA to properly define
> states in LDAP.If it is only a technical problem - solve it.>
>> Making the transition from foo to foo-guest is currently incredibly
>> expensive for the person involved.
>
> Yes, it is.
>
>> This is one of the issues we will discuss later this month. I hope the
>> salsa admins will join that discussion.
>
> Well, you could just ask.
>
> Bastian
>
Cheers Alf
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