[Python-Dev] Hosting the Jython hg repo

[Georg Brandl]

On 10.04.2011 21:58, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>> We're in the process of finishing the conversion of Jython's
>> subversion repo to mercurial. Can we host our new repo on
>> http://hg.python.org? To whom should I speak to about setting this
>> up?
> 
> Georg Brandl and Antoine Pitrou are managing the Mercurial repositories.
> 
>> The one question that comes to mind is how will repo write
>> permissions be handled/shared between all our repos? With the recent
>> policy of granting Jython committers cpython commit access if they
>> want it, sharing the permissions wouldn't be a problem. In turn we
>> like the idea of reciprocating commit rights to Jython back to
>> cpython committers.

At the moment, any core developer can push to any repo on hg.python.org.
I would very much like to keep it that way, it makes administration
much easier.  If you're okay with it, then I'm glad to set you and all
Jython committers up at hg.python.org.

> In the past, granting permissions generously wasn't a problem as long
> as users where aware what repositories they are allowed to commit to.
> There isn't a true push log at this point (IIUC), but at least for
> cpython, we can audit what changes have been pushed by what user through
> the commit emails.
> As it is always possible to revert undesired changes, and to revoke
> privileges that are abused, there is no reason to technically enforce
> access control.
> 
> IOW, cpython committers just shouldn't push to Jython's repository,
> and vice versa, except for a good reason.

And I believe that will work.

Georg