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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 29 November 2011 08:02:05 Robert Collins wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Julian Edwards
> 
> <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 November 2011 13:06:47 curtis Hovey wrote:
> >> 4. We do not know who hid the comment, or why.
> > 
> > This is a more general problem across Launchpad and I see requests for
> > "who did this?" all the time.  We should start recording this data in a
> > generic fashion as soon as possible and worry about adding an interface
> > to view it later.  It probably needs a new audit table where we can
> > store generic actions
>                                                      s/table/service/
> 
> > and link them to a Person.
> 
> Why a service? Because if its generic there is no need for it to be
> part of LP core; being separate will allow reuse in e.g. SSO, Software
> Centre Agent, Ratings and Reviews, .... Being a separate service also
> allows for restricted restricted access to its DB, if we choose - to
> allow a higher standard of security around the audit trail[s].

Rabbit!

Yes, this is a much better way than a table.  Do you fancy knocking up a LEP?