Max Bowsher <https://launchpad.net/~maxb> has been doing huge amounts of great work on improving the UDD package importer, of which <http://pad.lv/785859> is one typical example. This is the machine that pulls in packages from Debian and Ubuntu and does a two-way synch with the Ubuntu package branches.
After fixing bugs or operational problems, we typically need to update the instance of lp:udd on the server, and then restart some imports. (See again that bug for an example.) At the moment maxb needs to block on a Canonical staff member to basically be an intelligent sudo to requeue packages and to get debugging information. I think it would be better if we can let Max directly log in to this machine and run these commands. Security implications: This will give him control over a a token that can write to Ubuntu core branches and to access Launchpad with similar credentials to ~core-devs. This machine can only access Launchpad through the rest api and bzr+ssh, and it's outside the main Canonical firewall. I have discussed this with elmo and cjwatson and they think this would be reasonable if the TB assents. If you don't object, I will ask Canonical IS to create an account for maxb. Martin -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
