On 29 November 2011 08:12, Julian Edwards <julian.edwa...@canonical.com> wrote: >> > This is a more general problem across Launchpad and I see requests for >> > "who did this?" all the time. We should start recording this data in a >> > generic fashion as soon as possible and worry about adding an interface >> > to view it later. It probably needs a new audit table where we can >> > store generic actions >> s/table/service/ >> >> > and link them to a Person. >> >> Why a service? Because if its generic there is no need for it to be >> part of LP core; being separate will allow reuse in e.g. SSO, Software >> Centre Agent, Ratings and Reviews, .... Being a separate service also >> allows for restricted restricted access to its DB, if we choose - to >> allow a higher standard of security around the audit trail[s]. > > Rabbit! > > Yes, this is a much better way than a table. Do you fancy knocking up a LEP?
Such an audit-trail service would also solve a common request for stakeholders for some kind of paper trail in archives (both primary and PPA). Graham, I'll be happy to help with a LEP if you like. -- Matthew Revell Launchpad Product Manager Canonical https://launchpad.net/~matthew.revell _______________________________________________ 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
