[Web Comm] Project Owner for www.osgeo.org project

[Frank Warmerdam]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kelly [mailto:akelly at collab.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:30
> To: dev at webcommittee.osgeo.org; Auke Jilderda
> Cc: fwarmerdam at gmail.com
> Subject: RE: [Web Comm] Project Owner for www.osgeo.org project
> 
> Frank,
> 
> I'll jump in as its after hours in Auke's world right now.  WWW is a
> special project, as it controls the domain level content (homepage,
> right side news, all sub-pages under the domain).  It also is home to
> the "one-way" mailing lists such as info@, faq@, feedback@, etc.
> Typically, users have "content view" permissions in the WWW project,
> just so they can actually view the HTML that is rendered on the site.  I
> created a special role in that project so Jason could manipulate the
> announcements, but if he needs the capability to update the domain
> content as well, then he should have access to that.  There is a special
> role called "content developer" that gives someone access only to the
> www subdirectory in a project's repo, that is an option for this case.
> 
> Personally, I don't think there is a large risk of opening up access to
> what's under the hood to competent engineers who take the time to learn
> the surroundings before barreling forward with changes to the
> configuration.  If you want Jason to have full permissions in the WWW
> project we can go ahead and give them to him (you as well if you want). 
> 
> Auke, please follow up with this thread when you get back online.

Andrew / Auke,

Thanks for the information.  Jason is the appointed authority on the web
site, and needs access to everything - and the ability to futher delegate
the ability to update content.  I would encourage you or Auke to let him
know what aspects should be considered risky to change so he knows to
consult with Auke before doing so.

Our main objective, as I understand it, is not to alter the configuration,
but to be in a position where Jason and other members of the web committee
can update the general web content on the main web site.

By the way, Jason keeps mentioning CVS while I've been using SVN to update
the project pages I'm involved in (incubator, etc).  Are the main web pages
under SVN or CVS (or will either work?).

Best regards,
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