Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] The "new user -> ECA -> signed-off by" wo

[Frederic Gurr <frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

This is mostly off-topic, but it needs to be set right.

On 04.03.21 16:16, Liviu Ionescu wrote:
> Not directly related, but similar in results, is the absurd strictness of GitHub access rights, even for project leads and committers.
> 
> For example, if I want to set the Embedded CDT description in GitHub, an operation that usually takes less than a minute, I cannot do it myself, I have to open a Bugzilla ticket and some authorised Foundation administrator will do it for me. 
This used to be the case, mainly because GitHub only had read, write, or
admin permissions. Admin permissions are powerful because one can
potentially blow of their foot quite easily.

In the meantime, the "maintain" permissions has been added by GitHub,
which is now **the default permissions for every project lead**.
The maintain permissions allows a few mundane tasks (like setting repo
descriptions, etc.) to be handled, but there is certainly room for
improvement (we can't do much more than request features on GitHub and
wait for them to be implemented).

Your example is not accurate since you are a project lead with admin
permissions on all repos under github.com/eclipse-embed-cdt.

We don't hand out admin permissions on a silver plate, but for
reasonable requests, we can grant them temporarily or even permanently.

> Completely inefficient, as many other Foundation procedures. :-(
There is always room for improvement, but don't hate the player, hate
the (legal) game!


Regards,


Fred


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