From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please do something about the Savannah Emacs git repository Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:11:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87pqvclkgr.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <09tykoabh8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87bp6wprca.fsf@meyering.net> <87y69zmj1x.fsf@meyering.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287244741 2005 80.91.229.12 (16 Oct 2010 15:59:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader , Andreas Schwab , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jim Meyering Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 15 22:11:38 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P6qcr-0006sE-Fc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:11:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39759 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6qcq-0006xM-NH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:11:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50130 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P6qcl-0006wB-GY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:11:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6qck-0001l9-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:11:31 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:60497 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P6qck-0001l3-DL; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:11:30 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmUKADJSuExMCpO7/2dsb2JhbACgLXZywTGFSQSSFw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.57,337,1283745600"; d="scan'208";a="79745672" Original-Received: from 76-10-147-187.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.147.187]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 15 Oct 2010 16:11:29 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 743F0660F5; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:11:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87y69zmj1x.fsf@meyering.net> (Jim Meyering's message of "Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:01:46 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:131762 Archived-At: >>> I can remove the existing emacs.git repo and replace it with an empty one. >> It's enough if it's made group writable. > Now the "emacs" group has write access to all directories, > but if you're the only one who should be updating it, > it'd be a little safer to make you the owner and remove > group-write permission. I don't think it's worth the trouble. That will just be an annoyance down the line. Stefan