Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 04:10:34PM +0100, Bryan Ãstergaard wrote: > We should be able to handle forums staff the same way I currently check > bugs activity. Only requires ro access to the database and a small > script but this would obviously have to be discussed with infra and > forum leads. As st

Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Ned Ludd
On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 16:43 +0100, Bryan Ãstergaard wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 09:34:20AM -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: > > > > I think we've fixed some of those issues with solar's script. You just > > need to look at the list and make your assumptions. The script is great > > to spitting o

Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Bryan �stergaard
On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 09:34:20AM -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: > > I think we've fixed some of those issues with solar's script. You just > need to look at the list and make your assumptions. The script is great > to spitting out a list that you can look it. Its not 100%, but its good > enough t

Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Lance Albertson
Bryan Ãstergaard wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 06:26:28PM -0600, Brian Harring wrote: > >>On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:04:44PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: >> The problem is in detection- an infra issue that could be solved by either allowing normal devrel people to run the detection script

Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Bryan �stergaard
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 06:26:28PM -0600, Brian Harring wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:04:44PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > > > The problem is in detection- an infra issue that could be solved by > > > either allowing normal devrel people to run the detection scripts > > > themselves (rather

Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 06:26:28PM -0600, Brian Harring wrote: > Forums people, any thoughts/requirements? Currently there are approximately 10 mods/admins. In general it's possible for us to keep track of who of us is active or not. Those folks also have toucan access and _should_ update their

Re: Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-20 Thread Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen
On Sunday 20 November 2005 01:26, Brian Harring wrote: > Would need the ability to maintain a blacklist of users to > auto-ignore (releng), and would need to pull from svn also (something > the current script doesn't handle afaik). AFAIR solar? had a small script for this. > Forums people, any t

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 09:04:13PM -0800, Corey Shields wrote: > On Saturday 19 November 2005 08:50 pm, Lance Albertson wrote: > > Yeah, we defiantly could use a beefy new server for CVS/SVN. Just make > > sure you chat with robbat2/Pylon on the specifics for the requirements. > > I believe the mai

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Corey Shields
On Saturday 19 November 2005 08:50 pm, Lance Albertson wrote: > Yeah, we defiantly could use a beefy new server for CVS/SVN. Just make > sure you chat with robbat2/Pylon on the specifics for the requirements. > I believe the main thing they wanted was lots of ram. As discussed before, the new dev

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lance Albertson
Corey Shields wrote: > On Saturday 19 November 2005 08:25 pm, Grant Goodyear wrote: > >>In any event, do we need a new server anyway? We actually do have some >>money that could be spent on such things, and the CVS server is really >>high on the list of for which I, personally, would be more than

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lance Albertson
Ned Ludd wrote: > On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 22:25 -0600, Grant Goodyear wrote: > >>Kurt Lieber wrote: [Sat Nov 19 2005, 04:42:41PM CST] >> >>>On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM + or thereabouts, Kurt Lieber wrote: >>>If the requirement is for r/o CVS access to the same CVS server that the >>>pure-

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Corey Shields
On Saturday 19 November 2005 08:25 pm, Grant Goodyear wrote: > In any event, do we need a new server anyway? We actually do have some > money that could be spent on such things, and the CVS server is really > high on the list of for which I, personally, would be more than willing > to spend it. >

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Ned Ludd
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 22:25 -0600, Grant Goodyear wrote: > Kurt Lieber wrote: [Sat Nov 19 2005, 04:42:41PM CST] > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM + or thereabouts, Kurt Lieber wrote: > > If the requirement is for r/o CVS access to the same CVS server that the > > pure-blooded developers us

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Grant Goodyear
Kurt Lieber wrote: [Sat Nov 19 2005, 04:47:37PM CST] > OK, fine. Devrel does not have an established track record of retiring > devs who are otherwise inactive. Just as an aside, I've seen scores (if not more) of devs retired within the last couple of months, so I think that problem is currentl

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Grant Goodyear
Kurt Lieber wrote: [Sat Nov 19 2005, 04:42:41PM CST] > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM + or thereabouts, Kurt Lieber wrote: > If the requirement is for r/o CVS access to the same CVS server that the > pure-blooded developers use (sorry, couldn't resist) then it may require > upgrades to our

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lares Moreau
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 19:02 -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: > For now, I don't want to rsync more than every 30 minutes (concerns of > overloading the main cvs server). Pylon has mentioned that the newer > version of cvs has better commit hooks that may allow for more of a live > replication effect,

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lance Albertson
Lares Moreau wrote: > On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 18:13 -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: > >>is the 25-55 minute lag good enough? > It may need to be good enough. Personally I would like to have < 5-7 > min. That way when I'm working with a dev, I can keep up to speed with > her/him without having to res

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lares Moreau
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 18:13 -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: > is the 25-55 minute lag good enough? It may need to be good enough. Personally I would like to have < 5-7 min. That way when I'm working with a dev, I can keep up to speed with her/him without having to resort to an overlay and emailing

Retiring devs [was Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41]

2005-11-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:04:44PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > > The problem is in detection- an infra issue that could be solved by > > either allowing normal devrel people to run the detection scripts > > themselves (rather then asking infra to do so) > > First I've heard of this request. Has

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lance Albertson
Lares Moreau wrote: > I personally do not need Revision histories, I can't speak for other > ATs. Rsync with 30min delay is a noted improvement over the standard > rsync policy. Does this also allow us to sync to main rotation mirroes > is that already overstressed? I ask because IIRC it may ta

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lares Moreau
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 22:56 +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > So, can other arch testers please pitch in with their $.02? If we gave you > rsync instead of CVS, would that be sufficient? Or do you need the > revision history, etc. of CVS? > > And, any objections to a ~30 minute delay between CVS<->thi

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Simon Stelling
Lance Albertson wrote: I see this as something that devrel would take care of since they already do this for developers. They already have the tools/access to the places for such things. Would rather not have another set of folks with that access. So do I. Hint: Homer Parker is a devrel member

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lance Albertson
Tres Melton wrote: > On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 22:47 +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > >>OK, fine. Devrel does not have an established track record of retiring >>devs who are otherwise inactive. Please fix this. Please also get an >>agreement from them that they're going to be willing to take on the >>ad

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:59:46PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dan Meltzer wrote: > Sorry for two mails in a row.. but out of curiosity, instead of using > 30 minute rsync, why not 30 minute mirror of cvs? KDE does this fairly > well, they even have it something like every 5 minutes, is there any > reaso

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Tres Melton
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 22:47 +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > OK, fine. Devrel does not have an established track record of retiring > devs who are otherwise inactive. Please fix this. Please also get an > agreement from them that they're going to be willing to take on the > additional load of these a

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 04:52:08PM -0600 or thereabouts, Brian Harring wrote: > Devrel doesn't have much issues in actually retiring a dev from where > I'm sitting. Then I guess we'll disagree on this. > The problem is in detection- an infra issue that could be solved by > either allowing norma

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Dan Meltzer
Sorry for two mails in a row.. but out of curiosity, instead of using 30 minute rsync, why not 30 minute mirror of cvs? KDE does this fairly well, they even have it something like every 5 minutes, is there any reason mirrored cvs is not possible//feasible? is this something svn has gotten better at

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Dan Meltzer
On 11/19/05, Kurt Lieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:44:41PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dan Meltzer wrote: > > Funy, I was just pondering that myself... is authenticated rsync > > really possible? > > Yes, it has its own auth mechanism. We actually use it for some automated

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:44:41PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dan Meltzer wrote: > Funy, I was just pondering that myself... is authenticated rsync > really possible? Yes, it has its own auth mechanism. We actually use it for some automated cron jobs that we have. > The only downside to this that I

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 10:47:37PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 04:30:53PM -0600 or thereabouts, Brian Harring wrote: > > Infra doesn't even do retirement beyond when _devrel_ asks them to. If > > that process is slow, ask for help and someone will chip in and improve > > it

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Dan Meltzer
On 11/19/05, Kurt Lieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM + or thereabouts, Kurt Lieber wrote: > > For instance, the way GLEP 41 suggests doing r/o cvs is not going to work. > > So, in the interests of trying to find a solution to this particular > problem... > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 04:30:53PM -0600 or thereabouts, Brian Harring wrote: > Infra doesn't even do retirement beyond when _devrel_ asks them to. If > that process is slow, ask for help and someone will chip in and improve > it (mainly to minimize bottleneck involved). OK, fine. Devrel does no

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM + or thereabouts, Kurt Lieber wrote: > For instance, the way GLEP 41 suggests doing r/o cvs is not going to work. So, in the interests of trying to find a solution to this particular problem... As I understand the GLEP, the main requirement here is to give t

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 10:03:58PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:51:15PM -0600 or thereabouts, Brian Harring wrote: > > Stop pointing at one interpretation of it that sucks, when the glep > > _does_ leave it open to you how to implement it. It's a waste of > > people's t

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Lares Moreau
On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 22:03 +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > I'm going to come up with an implementation plan that > looks something like the following: > > * all SSH keys and email addresses for arch testers will auto-expire after > 60 days. If an arch tester needs to have continued access, a gento

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:51:15PM -0600 or thereabouts, Brian Harring wrote: > I'll again point out that the glep doesn't actually mandate it, states > it's the lowest common denominator that's acceptable. And I'll point out that there's more than one issue that we're concerned with here. > S

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 07:14:03PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:03:55PM +0100 or thereabouts, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > > Isn't this an issue that also exists for the Gentoo developers in general? > > Not as much since we can track things like last cvs commit, last login to

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:03:55PM +0100 or thereabouts, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > > Now, the same question for email -- how do we manage aliases, especially > > for inactive, retired and semi-retired arch testers? We could track usage >

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Sven Vermeulen
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > Now, the same question for email -- how do we manage aliases, especially > for inactive, retired and semi-retired arch testers? We could track usage > in logs, but between mailing list subscriptions, bugzilla notifications and > all so

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:06:15PM +, Kurt Lieber wrote: > For instance, the way GLEP 41 suggests doing r/o cvs is not going to work. > It suggests using a single account and placing an SSH key for each arch > tester in that account's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. text in question "Get read-onl

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Simon Stelling
Kurt Lieber wrote: Because, in practice, this doesn't happen. Accounts (or, in this case, email addresses) stay around until someone gets enough of a bee under their bonnet to do somethig about it. Since there's no pain or cost for the AT/HT project lead, there's no reason for them to be vigila

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 06:57:41PM +0100 or thereabouts, Danny van Dyk wrote: > | There are no provisions for key management and I cannot see an easy way to > | handle it. It's easy to add new keys, but how do we clean out old keys for > | retired arch testers? (including arch testers that "retir

Re: [gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Danny van Dyk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kurt Lieber schrieb: | Ignoring the yellow star issue, there are a few implementation | concerns/impossibilities with GLEP 41 in its current form. | | For instance, the way GLEP 41 suggests doing r/o cvs is not going to work. | It suggests using a sin

[gentoo-dev] implementation details for GLEP 41

2005-11-19 Thread Kurt Lieber
Ignoring the yellow star issue, there are a few implementation concerns/impossibilities with GLEP 41 in its current form. For instance, the way GLEP 41 suggests doing r/o cvs is not going to work. It suggests using a single account and placing an SSH key for each arch tester in that account's ~/.