Re: [GDB Wiki] Add editor privilege control
Joel Brobecker <[email protected]>
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> Why does it make sense to have a wiki that doesn't behave like a wiki, > i.e. is not a community-provided content? IOW, how is what you > propose different from having this stuff on the GDB project web pages, > which are editable by only a few select people? It would be editable by anybody, they would just have to show that they are a real person without spamming intentions. The way it would work is that anyone already in the edit group can add anyone else by just editing a wiki page and adding the new user's ID to the list, thereby vouching for them. It's still community-fed, but just a little more controlled to make sure that only genuine modifications are made. As an example: I needed to make a change in the GCC wiki, found that I cannot edit. Saw that there was a note about that pointing me to the EditorGroup page. It told me that anyone on that list can add someone else. So I contacted a couple of people on the list I knew and they added me pronto. If you haven't done so, I invite you to check out GCC's EditorGroup page: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EditorGroup It really shows how simple it is to maintain that list and add new people. The list currently has 52 people, and no question was ever asked when I got added. I would also welcome anyone to participate in the maintenance of the GDB web pages as well. I even recently wrote a small wiki page explaining how to make updates to it. https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDBWebsiteUpdateProcedure -- Joel