Fedora Account System Changes

[Benjamin Kosnik]

Thanks for both replies.

> This is a bit confusing.  At the moment cvsextras gives access to the
> externally available cvs repository.  The cvs repository for Core is
> internal to Red Hat and doesn't have an equivalent "cvscore" group in
> the Fedora Account System.

Ahh.

> I believe that warren is planning to rename the cvsextras group to
> "packagers" or another name which can apply to everyone in the new
> merged repository world.

This sounds much more sane.

> No one should be added directly to cla_done anymore.  cla_done will be
> automatically added when you are approved for one of the other cla_*
> groups.  For people going through the signing of the Fedora Individual
> CLA, you are added to both cla_fedora and cla_done when the signed cla
> is processed by the automated system.   For people signing up through
> cla_redhat, the steps are to
> 1) Add yourself to cla_redhat.
> 2) The administrator of cla_redhat approves you
> 3) This approval automatically adds you to cla_done as well.
> 
> (Looking at the account system, it looks like your cla_redhat request
> was approved and you are now a member of both cla_redhat and cla_done).

Thanks for clarifying the workflow.

Indeed, it looks like I just had to type in "cla_redhat" in the "Add new 
  membership" box, and the right people did everything else.

Great.

>> What's the master list of groups that a new account owner should have if 
>>   they were a maintainer of a core package in the old fedora system?
> 
> cla_fedora OR cla_redhat OR cla_dell (which grants cla_done)
> 
> cvsextras (will be renamed shortly)

This is necessary documentation for the process and should be on

admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts

> 1) Karsten Wade, Warren Togami, and Mairin Duffy are spearheading
> documentation changes that will better explain what a new account owner
> needs to do to become involved with a specific group.  For a package
> maintainer, there will be a page which clearly documents what groups you
> need to sign up for in order to work on your packages.

Great.

> 2) Mike Mcgrath is working on rewriting the UI for the account system to
> be more intuitive, better organized, and altogether make it easier to
> navigate the account system and figure out what groups are available and
> how to become a part of them.

Ok.

Thanks for the info!

best,
benjamin