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Subject: bug#32540: Cuirass: we need a way to manually trigger evaluations
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:09:07 +0200
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G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:

> Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont:=
 2018. aug. 27.,
> H, 11:54):
>
>> The 'core-updates' and 'staging' branches shouldn't trigger evaluations
>> at each commit, because they produce too many derivations.  Instead, the
>> admins should have a 'trigger evaluation' button that they use once in a
>> while.  That button should be part of an 'admin interface', which should
>> be protected by NGINX's 'auth_basic' authentication mechanism.
>>
>>
> I agree that we need a mechanism like this. I am not sure about what the
> protection
> mechanism should be. 'auth_basic' has some appeal, as it is quite easy, b=
ut
> I would
> like to hear some more opinions about that part.

It's obviously not ideal, and we can implement something more
sophisticated later.