From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.6.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from mail-qt1-x831.google.com (mail-qt1-x831.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::831]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4555120248 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2019 22:32:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-x831.google.com with SMTP id v20so17015542qtv.12 for ; Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:32:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=LBzZEHRRZxT+bqNx44Qm83a9Fgz+7QPs7wke0iSO9K0=; b=MW+YkIlz6vpz7Z5sSzx5QzTWmS5WWYBJHwgIzf6tio1uCW8aWRCsC/b8I3wqZGDRaf wGkCQgHM+fFx5Z7iznFjSAtVHh2x8j/gDX7oe1WvB/dhaANuhgchsWYFFxhg5Rnfzetj 4JntJNKCCo4tm8EhEDo8EEBO4694qX9yzB9rg= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=LBzZEHRRZxT+bqNx44Qm83a9Fgz+7QPs7wke0iSO9K0=; b=PbqmqSdazcQ5QpeNRvfyWvfdCvc9XZftkBr09K+wN21Bt6AsHRJoE5XaFcodKYXV+i 34QatAb/Fhgv+IeuHRMXbvkpl/0XC+B0C2zbyo5Y/iUrYj7+lscexjK257qieqT12eys UP7qOFiGT/ruEf/gaczNlDP621zacaPrzHms48a6FrWgo1WsdFP4BWCaeS2Ycg0xO4wZ bhlRQcPyDzFaGIwPLiVBQnMWZnlbEDmnMudvqNUQc9pQh8wa2Kjv3kzUjr4LIQpCW+hs lji3WUiy2mioZ0kv2+TAX9Cd12u5jWYDkXTAFDkdGA7Rjd8+8tQJgBy30DnKemK4C0Ug ibyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXMM1r4yq+FRB1aLQAHrWakeq4hpTthTOvFOYkDquDaT3JdEOFQ z0OkjKhNI07xw4DBuvPtauUVLQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyJb349rwf7ESO/aES2z69jKomQd7WBDPH6paOASpRrEy3RhZf8l12vIKDMAH7E6Nm7MUB4XA== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:81d4:: with SMTP id 20mr61634763qve.2.1554244349787; Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chatter.qube.local ([176.113.74.187]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e15sm6803738qkl.80.2019.04.02.15.32.28 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 18:32:27 -0400 From: Konstantin Ryabitsev To: Eric Wong Cc: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: Re: handling GDPR requests Message-ID: <20190402223227.GC1204@chatter.qube.local> References: <20190401155032.GB3701@chatter.qube.local> <20190401175551.naauxlsxpvqyysu5@dcvr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190401175551.naauxlsxpvqyysu5@dcvr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) List-Id: On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 05:55:51PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote: >> Well, I have my first GDPR request. What's the recommended mechanism >> of >> dealing with that? The message in question dates back to mid-last year and I >> see two problems with deleting it from the repository: >> >> 1. It's in the previous epoch repo of LKML >> 2. Deleting/editing that message would require a massive repo rebase with >> associated db reindexing. I'm not sure I want to think about how long that >> would take. > >Try the -purge tool: > https://public-inbox.org/meta/20190111041008.24361-8-e@80x24.org/ > >I haven't used it outside of tests, so try it in a throwaway repo, >first :) > >It doesn't need to do a full reindex. And the "rebase" should >be quick when done via fast-import (doesn't need to rewrite >blobs, only commit history). The repack might be the slowest >part of the operation. Thanks, Eric! I'm not acting on it yet, since the proper process needs to be followed via LF legal. Notably, this person's name and email address ended up making its way into actual git commits (via "Reported-By:"), so at this point I'm mostly sitting back with a large bucket of pop-corn. -K