-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11-10-11 04:54 PM, curtis Hovey wrote: > We will create a single mechanism the defines visibility policies > for projects. All projects will have a sane default set of policies > enabled when Lp Bugs or Lp Code is enabled. Maintainers can add > users and teams to policies. The polices control access all project > items that they pertain too; they are not bug, branch, thing > specific. > > We must build a mechanism to support the project observer use case. > This mechanism will be simpler to report, faster to query, and > easier to extend then the flawed/contradictory polices embedded in > the Lp Bugs code. Extending the proposed mechanism to Lp Bugs means > we want to support the security policy used by many projects and > the apport policy that Ubuntu created by taking advantage of > defects in the existing Lp Bug policy code. This simplified policy > mechanism will also be used for branches; the complex multi-tenancy > rules will be replaced. Branches will gain security policies as a > consequence.
Is this separate from visibility policies? > We do not want to reinvent a new UI to manage the creation/deletion > of polices. I don't understand how we can introduce a new concept to the user model, and not provide new UI to control it. > Access is governed by policy, and notification is governed by > subscription. Nice to have that distinction, at last. > There will be default policies for new projects: Maintainer has > access to all security related project items. Maintainer has access > to all privacy related project items. The default maintainer is a > user or ~registry. We want to require teams that maintain projects > to be restricted or moderated. I imagine that some projects have a looser approach to privacy and security than that. How do you imagine this system working for them? Aaron -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6VoMoACgkQ0F+nu1YWqI3k9wCfb58aZYKDUmr6Jc7CmV+eizmr VqQAn0MxjF8kwaQJ44hL9yuiXoxWDMW+ =ZMbE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
