[tei-council] updating TCW20

Martin Holmes mholmes at uvic.ca
Mon Dec 19 11:10:41 EST 2011


I'm happy to be involved if folks think I should be -- there was a 
concern that more people should be able to manage releases etc. Kevin 
also has a login for the CMS, so we should bring him in, and Sebastian 
is the one who knows where the scripts etc. are.

Cheers,
Martin

On 11-12-19 07:18 AM, David Sewell wrote:
> There is not a lot that needs discussing offline--really just the portions of
> new release implementation that currently require specific access on tei-c.org,
> plus some agreement on where to store information about things that should not
> be fully exposed to the public. Three or four of us on an email discussion or
> Skype call should be sufficient, I think.
>
> James has volunteered, and I will as webmaster of course. Who else?
>
> David
>
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, James Cummings wrote:
>
>> On 19/12/11 04:03, Martin Holmes wrote:
>>> I'm a little uncomfortable with there being a TEI-council-secure list. I
>>> realize there would be utility in it, but I fear there might be a
>>> temptation to use it for purposes other than pure security-related
>>> issues, and after what happened with the Board this year, I think
>>> transparency is very important for us at the moment.
>>
>> I agree with Martin here. Also there is the problem that if you have a
>> 'secure' list then you might accidentally post something destined towards
>> that to the non-secure list.  It just opens up more chances for problematic
>> accidents.
>>
>> I don't think most of the discussion is that insecure to have in
>> public...whether to have such an account or not etc. But yes, if you think it
>> affects security in virginia we should abide by that and move it off-list.
>>
>>> I vote for identifying the subgroup of council that need to know
>>> security-related information, and taking the discussion onto Skype,
>>> which would be more secure than email of any sort, anyway.
>>
>> I'm happy to be involved in such a discussion, and would vote for this
>> (agnostic about communication technology since we won't be pass the password
>> that way).
>>
>> -James
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On 11-12-18 04:58 PM, David Sewell wrote:
>>>> I hate to say it, but I think that this discussion needs to be moved off
>>>> of the tei-council list. We are moving into a territory that has
>>>> security implications for tei-c.org (discussion of user accounts,
>>>> permissions, filesystem paths, etc.), and this shouldn't be available on
>>>> an email list with open-access archives.
>>>>
>>>> We can either have a subset of Council continue this discussion offline.
>>>> Or, possibly a better solution, I could create a new Virginia-hosted
>>>> list called something like "TEI-council-secure" that would have archives
>>>> available only via password to current list members.
>>>>
>>>> What do you people think?
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, James Cummings wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, entirely different login needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Might it make sense to have a 'teicouncil' account whose login details
>>>>> could  be passed to the 'release technician' (perhaps a better term for
>>>>> the person overseeing a release than 'pumpkin holder'?) for each release?
>>>>>
>>>>> -James
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/12/11 23:11, Martin Holmes wrote:
>>>>>> I've tried ssh-ing into tei-c.org with my CMS login, but I can't get in.
>>>>>> Presumably some other account is needed? Of am I trying to log into the
>>>>>> wrong server?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11-12-18 09:43 AM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18 Dec 2011, at 17:08, Martin Holmes wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there a specific account you need to log in as to run the install
>>>>>>>> script, or can anyone with login privileges on tei-c.org do it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the account needs write access to /project/tei (vel sim), so not sure.
>>>>>>> try editing stuff in the Vault there to test
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the tei-install.sh script is pretty simple - have a read and see
>>>>>>> what it does.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Stormageddon Rahtz
>>>>>>> Head of Information and Support Group, Oxford University Computing
>>>>>>> Services
>>>>>>> 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN. Phone +44 1865 283431
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sólo le pido a Dios
>>>>>>> que el futuro no me sea indiferente
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dr James Cummings, InfoDev,
>>>>> Computing Services, University of Oxford
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>>
>>
>>
>

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Martin Holmes
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