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[Anton Gladky <gladky.anton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
>     Which would be the moderation criterion ?Well, we will probably approve all people, just escaping spammers (with login "gfsgffgf" for example).
> Do you think that giving upload access to this PPA only to yade-dev members> (a simpler alternative solution according to me) is not possible ?It could be the best solution, but it seems, it's impossible. PPA has the name "ppa:yade-users/external"
> Very few people seem to upload things to this PPA, I'm not sure that it> could change and cause a security problem, despite of Launchpad guys'> fears...
Well, maybe they are right.Look at 2 dead branches in yade-project
[1], [2].We can do nothing with them. Users do not answer, we have no
rights to remove those branches.
I do not see any problems for users if they apply for membership and
wait a couple of hours (maximum).
[1] https://code.launchpad.net/~yade4jesus/yade/Yade[2]
https://code.launchpad.net/~sarrahaouala/yade/trunk
Anton


2011/11/10 Jérôme Duriez <Jerome.Duriez@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
>
>     Which would be the moderation criterion ?
> Do you think that giving upload access to this PPA only to yade-dev members
> (a simpler alternative solution according to me) is not possible ?
> Very few people seem to upload things to this PPA, I'm not sure that it
> could change and cause a security problem, despite of Launchpad guys'
> fears...
>
> Jerome
>
> Le 10/11/2011 07:45, Anton Gladky a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have received the following message from Launchpad team.
> We have a PPA there [1] (external packages), so I think it is
> reasonable to make a team yade-users moderated.
>
> It means, that all new members of yade-users team need to be approved,
> like it is now for yade-dev team.
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~yade-users/+archive/external
>
> Anton
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:45 AM, Steve Kowalik
> <steve.kowalik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2011-11-23 we will be changing the membership policy of your Launchpad
> team yade-users to moderated. We're doing this to protect the people who
> use that team's Personal Package Archive (PPA).
>
> Right now, "yade-users" has an open membership policy, meaning anyone can
> join the team and upload potentially malicious packages to the PPA.
>
> We strongly recommend that you change your team's membership policy now and
> audit the team's membership to make sure that you trust each member.
>
> You can change the team's membership policy here:
>
>  https://launchpad.net/~yade-users/+edit
>
> Otherwise, you can delete the team's PPA and retain the open membership
> policy.
>
> Before you can create a new team PPA, a team's membership policy must be
> either moderated or restricted. Your team was created before we improved
> the security around team PPAs.
>
> These changes won't have any affect on the team's current members. However
> it does mean that you'll have to approve new team members.
>
> There's more about Launchpad's team membership policies here:
>
>  https://help.launchpad.net/Teams/CreatingAndRunning
>
> Email feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Kowalik
> On behalf of the Launchpad team
>
>
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