From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25709 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2014 07:26:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 25689 invoked by uid 89); 14 Feb 2014 07:26:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:26:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3098A11655C; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:26:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id l2sH6wYxKFyM; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:26:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEBEF11655B; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:26:25 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0A4CFE07DD; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:26:28 +0400 (RET) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:26:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [GDB Wiki] Add editor privilege control Message-ID: <20140214072628.GN30945@adacore.com> References: <20140214030759.GC5485@adacore.com> <83ppmqcgmx.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83ppmqcgmx.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 > Why does it make sense to have a wiki that doesn't behave like a wiki, > i.e. is not a community-provided content? IOW, how is what you > propose different from having this stuff on the GDB project web pages, > which are editable by only a few select people? It would be editable by anybody, they would just have to show that they are a real person without spamming intentions. The way it would work is that anyone already in the edit group can add anyone else by just editing a wiki page and adding the new user's ID to the list, thereby vouching for them. It's still community-fed, but just a little more controlled to make sure that only genuine modifications are made. As an example: I needed to make a change in the GCC wiki, found that I cannot edit. Saw that there was a note about that pointing me to the EditorGroup page. It told me that anyone on that list can add someone else. So I contacted a couple of people on the list I knew and they added me pronto. If you haven't done so, I invite you to check out GCC's EditorGroup page: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EditorGroup It really shows how simple it is to maintain that list and add new people. The list currently has 52 people, and no question was ever asked when I got added. I would also welcome anyone to participate in the maintenance of the GDB web pages as well. I even recently wrote a small wiki page explaining how to make updates to it. https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDBWebsiteUpdateProcedure -- Joel