[tei-council] updating TCW20

Martin Holmes mholmes at uvic.ca
Mon Dec 19 12:11:03 EST 2011


Sounds good. I'm Skypable for the remainder of my workday (which lasts 
long past European bedtime).

Cheers,
Martin

On 11-12-19 09:03 AM, James Cummings wrote:
>
> I suggest then an ad hoc group of martin, david, kevin, sebastian and me
> to discuss (by email/skype/whatever) the security arrangements and other
> necessary steps for managing a release that shouldn't be discussed here.
>
> -james
>
> On 19/12/11 16:10, Martin Holmes wrote:
>> 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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