"GS" == Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:
GS> I was under the impression that CVS access restrictions are GS> based on CNRI security policy. If the CVS repository moves GS> elsewhere, then many people can access it without impact on GS> CNRI's network and security policies. Well, access to our /internal/ network is of course restricted. CNRI employees have write access to the tree by virtue of access to the filesystem (i.e. by NFS). My current arrangement for external ssh mediated access to a writable cvs server on an internal machine is a hack and not something that I want to perpetuate if more users were added. GS> However, if the external access issue is based on legal GS> reasons (for example, only CNRI people should alter Python GS> code), then yes: moving the repository will buy nothing. I'll let Guido comment on policy concerning write access to the Python CVS tree. From a technical standpoint, if this is something Guido wanted to extend to non-CNRI employees, the way to do it would be to host the primary repository on a CNRI machine outside our firewall, e.g cvs.python.org. At that point, we'd be accessing the tree the same as anybody else. -Barry