On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:51 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:47:01PM -0500, John Snow wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:34 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:25:16PM -0500, John Snow wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:56 AM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [Context: John created a PyPI QEMU user in order to publish the 
> > > > > qemu.qmp
> > > > > package. If anyone wants to publish additional Python packages from
> > > > > qemu.git, please contact him for PyPI access.]
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 03:42:23PM -0500, John Snow wrote:
> > > > > > Account made: https://pypi.org/user/QEMU/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can't update the wiki, I lack admin perms to edit
> > > > > > https://wiki.qemu.org/AdminContacts
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I assume in the event that I fall into a black hole or get launched
> > > > > > out of a cannon into the sun, any mails sent to js...@redhat.com can
> > > > > > be recovered by Red Hat in general, so there's a sufficient recourse
> > > > > > for recovering the account in that circumstance.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks, I have added the PyPI QEMU user and added you as the admin
> > > > > contact:
> > > > > https://wiki.qemu.org/AdminContacts#Other_resources
> > > > >
> > > > > Stefan
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Stefan!
> > > >
> > > > As additional context, there is currently a single package that
> > > > belongs to that user, "qemu.qmp" [1]. I published it "in advance" to
> > > > be able to test integration in an RFC patch set I posted to the list
> > > > just before the winter break [2]. The package is an "alpha prerelease"
> > > > and is at a very low-risk to be installed by accident. The version
> > > > chosen here will be considered "less than" any other valid version
> > > > string chosen, and can be deleted permanently from PyPI after
> > > > consensus on list review. Please forgive the mid-review publishing.
> > > > The exact metadata, wording of the README, etc is still under review
> > > > here [3].
> > > >
> > > > As for the PyPI account itself, I have volunteered to administer it.
> > > > If anyone wants access (esp. a leadership committee member from
> > > > another employer), please contact me - I'm happy to share.
> > >
> > > As a general rule we should ensure we always have 2 nominated people
> > > with access to any account held on behalf of the QEMU project, so we
> > > have some redundancy in case of unexpected events. So we definitely
> > > ought to have a 2nd person with access to PyPI even if they do nothing
> > > with it.
> > >
> >
> > I'm perfectly fine with that. It'd increase the fault tolerance to
> > have someone from outside of RH be the paper-admin there. Any
> > volunteers?
> >
> > (I can add your email as a secondary contact to the account such that
> > you would be able to use that email to initiate an account recovery,
> > but you wouldn't receive email from PyPI concerning the comings and
> > goings of the account. Your name and email would not show up on any
> > PyPI package pages, so it should very hopefully not involve really any
> > actual maintainership on your part.)
>
> In my case I expect it could complain that my email(s) are already
> in use for other PyPI accounts of my own.

It does complain about this, but there's always the
myname+arbitr...@example.com trick, which works. I have no problem
adding you, but for the purposes of fault tolerance I'd prefer adding
someone outside of RH. If there aren't any takers after a bit, ...

--js


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