I'd also like to know this information. Being a Bugzilla admin and helping out with the bug workflow and security issues and whatnot has always been something I've wanted to do. But if the WMF is trying to consolidate for some reason...
*-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | [email protected] On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-06-22 6:49 PM, "Thehelpfulone" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On 22 June 2013 22:33, Alex Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've just found out that WMF's Bugmeister Andre Klapper removed "nearly > > > everyone"'s Bugzilla adminship (and people with root access on the > servers > > > now have access to a file which contains login details for an > 'emergency > > > admin' account). So I have some questions: > > > > > > > This wasn't a sudden removal - Andre discussed it with ops and emailed > > *every* admin first, so it's far less dramatic than you may think. He's > > also been working on > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bugzilla_administrator_rights_policy, > > which I believe has approval from the relevant people (I'm can't think > who > > that is off the top of my head). > > > > Be that as it may, it still would have been nice for this to be publically > discussed (or at least publically announced) especially given the current > political controversies surounding rights removals from wmf services. > > -bawolff > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
