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On 16.07.2013 07:04, Jeremy Baron wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dr. Trigon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> it's complicated (and I assume will take some time) to get an
>> account. (Despite the fact that I had to do the same for svn AND
>> labs already.)
> 
> I'm confused. Making a new wikitech/labs/gerrit account for an 
> existing svn user that wishes to continue using the same shell
> name and git username as they were using for svn requires manual 
> intervention (as far as I know) from someone from a relatively
> limited pool of people. (about half dozen people are able to make
> that happen)
> 
> But you can't possibly have a labs account (as you state you do) 
> without also having a gerrit account. So you should already be able
> to use gerrit with that same account.

Yes you are right and I was confused. Which was my second argument, it
is not that clear and might be better pointed out to other users what
account serves for what purpose... I somehow lost the overview... ;)
And the activation of the gerrit account for labs was a bit of pain in
the "old" days when I did it... May be this has changed... ;)

> For brand new users (e.g. anyone that recently tried to get a new
> svn account and the account wasn't actually made yet) they can just
> make a new account @ [[wikitech:special:createaccount]] like
> everyone else and then use those creds with gerrit.

Good to hear!

Thanks for your info and pointing this out! Greetings
DrTrigon
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