Am 28/03/2012 23:30, schrieb Gerwin Klein:
> On 29/03/2012, at 6:11 AM, Makarius wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Florian Haftmann wrote:
>>
>>> Once there has been the idea that everyone having commit access to the 
>>> Isabelle master repository (POSIX group isabelle at nfsbroy) is also a 
>>> isatest subscriber.
>>>
>>> Maybe it would be helpful to establish this as a rule (at least of thumb).  
>>> Isatest mails can still be sorted out by local email filters.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>
>> I could imagine some reforms in the meaning of the Unix group "isabelle" and 
>> how it is managed, although I have a tendency to leave the status-quo 
>> untouched.
>>
>> For every administrative facility that is added, one also needs to take 
>> maintenance into account. 
> 
> Yes, that is the main problem I see with this (otherwise I'm all for it). If 
> there is an email list that automatically contains everyone with push-access, 
> emails could easily be sent there. I wouldn't want to have to maintain that 
> email list, tough.

Florian suggested "a rule (of thumb)", not automation. Hence I am still in
favour. It just means that whoever grants write access should try and remember
to add that person to the email list.

Tobias

> 
>> Who is the main responsible for isatest anyway?  According to the received 
>> customs it would be Gerwin, since he started the service many years ago. 
>> (His shell scripts still mention SunOS.)
> 
> They do ;-)
> 
> I still feel mildly responsible for isatest, but would be more than happy to 
> pass this on to somebody with more time and more close in time(zone) and and 
> space to where it actually runs.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gerwin
> 
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