Re: CVS Account Request

At 23:45 15/11/2000, Sascha Schumann wrote:

    We can regulate the access to various modules using ACLs. No
    need to divide repositories per se. Having said that, I see
    currently no reason to regulate that much further.

I do. If ACL's are powerful enough, giving extension coders access only to their extension is a good idea as well. If people don't take it 'personally' as some sort of an insult, but take it for what it is - give them access to what they need access to - things will be much better off. Much like you don't give your friends root access, not because you think they'll screw things up, but because you just don't.

    I wouldn't mind giving anyone root access on an isolated box
    with backups and detailed logs available.

Hrm, how does that apply to our case? It's not an isolated CVS, fuckups there could very well affect millions of web sites.

    That is exactly the situation we face with CVS today. If
    someone screws up, just replay your backup.

That is, if you notice it. I'm willing to bet that in the long run, you won't. Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> CTO, Zend Technologies Ltd. http://www.zend.com/