Re: [PATCH xfs] config: look for fontpath.d only if --with-default-font-path wasn't specified #31290

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Dan Nicholson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Julien Cristau > wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:16:23 -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote: >> >>> xserver master has this wrapped in a $cross_compiling test. What >>> branch is this patch against? >>> >> It's against xfs, not xserver. > > If on

Re: companies contributing to X [was: Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o]

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 02:56:32PM -0700, Matt Dew wrote: > > But you also might want to consider that i was at a hardware vendor two > > weeks ago, and i had to listen to their main engineer calling > > contributing directly to X a waste of time, and that they rather fix > > the versions their cus

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 08:42:40AM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:34:21PM -0600, Pat Kane wrote: > > > .. we can go forward with development & releases > > > > I agree. Since Adam and Daniel did the right thing and admitted to the > > prank[1] > > we can go forward wi

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:34:21PM -0600, Pat Kane wrote: > > .. we can go forward with development & releases > > I agree. Since Adam and Daniel did the right thing and admitted to the > prank[1] > we can go forward with a release. > > Pat > --- > > [1] admitting to making a blunder is hard

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Patrick Horgan
On 11/24/2010 12:22 PM, Matt Turner wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Pat Kane wrote: What the deal with the "!!" operator? I read it as a double logical negation. A NOOP, does it have some useful side effect? It converts to bool, basically. I think it's kind of dirty. It's the regula

Re: [PATCH] Don't normalize the abswheel unless it's from the stylus tool.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 02:48:15PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > The pad has an abswheel too, normalizing this into the rotation range > screws the coordinates. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer > --- sorry, wrong list, this is a wacom patch. Cheers, Peter > src/wcmCommon.c |8 ++--

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:23:45PM -0600, Pat Kane wrote: > Okay, with that info and if you could make the macro something like this: > > #define BitIsOn(ptr, bit) (!!(((BYTE *) (ptr))[(bit)>>3] & (1 << > ((bit) & 7 /* !! converts to boolean */ tbh, I'd rather not explain C constructs in co

[PATCH] Don't normalize the abswheel unless it's from the stylus tool.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
The pad has an abswheel too, normalizing this into the rotation range screws the coordinates. Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- src/wcmCommon.c |8 ++-- src/wcmUSB.c|9 ++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/wcmCommon.c b/src/wcmCommon.c inde

Re: [PATCH void 1/6] unifdef XFree86LOADER

2010-11-24 Thread Matt Turner
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote: > Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer > --- >  src/void.c |    8 >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/void.c b/src/void.c > index c741d87..2ed0082 100644 > --- a/src/void.c > +++ b/src/void.c > @@ -29,10

Re: [PATCH modular] Remove "lib only" option from build.sh.

2010-11-24 Thread zt.t...@gmail.com
While I only recently discovered the -l option to build.sh, I find it immensly helpful in building a set of protos and libraries for various architectures/processors in a build root. The alternative is near verbose a setup as building and installing every library and proto from git manually, which

[PATCH void 6/6] Fix PreInit for ABI 12.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Require an xserver 1.9.99.1 or higher and put an ifdef in for ABI 12. Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- configure.ac |2 +- src/void.c | 36 ++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 855bbae..3a0

[PATCH void 5/6] Add mode field to xf86InitValuatorAxisStruct.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- src/void.c |6 -- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/void.c b/src/void.c index e655d92..6b3bcaa 100644 --- a/src/void.c +++ b/src/void.c @@ -142,14 +142,16 @@ xf86VoidControlProc(DeviceIntPtr device, int what)

[PATCH void 4/6] Remove unused refcount field.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- src/void.c |1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/void.c b/src/void.c index 5764111..e655d92 100644 --- a/src/void.c +++ b/src/void.c @@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ _X_EXPORT InputDriverRec VOID = { xf86VoidInit, /* pr

[PATCH void 3/6] Label the axes as absolute, not relative.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Not that it matters for this driver, but the axes are set up as absolute, so label them accordingly. Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- src/void.c |4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/void.c b/src/void.c index 74058d6..5764111 100644 --- a/src/void.c +++

[PATCH void 2/6] Require xserver 1.9

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- configure.ac |2 +- src/void.c | 101 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 74e3f8b..855bbae 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.a

[PATCH void 1/6] unifdef XFree86LOADER

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer --- src/void.c |8 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/void.c b/src/void.c index c741d87..2ed0082 100644 --- a/src/void.c +++ b/src/void.c @@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ #include "config.h" #endif -#ifndef XFree86LOADER -#include

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Pat Kane
> .. we can go forward with development & releases I agree. Since Adam and Daniel did the right thing and admitted to the prank[1] we can go forward with a release. Pat --- [1] admitting to making a blunder is hard to do, I know from personal experience, so I think both Adam and Daniel h

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Pat Kane
Okay, with that info and if you could make the macro something like this: #define BitIsOn(ptr, bit) (!!(((BYTE *) (ptr))[(bit)>>3] & (1 << ((bit) & 7 /* !! converts to boolean */ then: Reviewed: Pat Kane Pat P.S. I love C, it is my favorite assembly code. -- PEK On Wed, Nov 24,

Re: [PATCH modular 2/2] Remove build-from-tarballs script.

2010-11-24 Thread Pat Kane
The first (and last) time I tried to used build-from-tarballs script, it did not work. My solution was to just use the build.sh script and fix minor problems. Reviewed: Pat Kane On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Gaetan Nadon wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:43 -0500, Trevor Woerner wrote: > >

Re: [PATCH] Build libxf86config with -fPIC.

2010-11-24 Thread Gaetan Nadon
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 17:42 -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Mark Kettenis > wrote: > >> From: Gaetan Nadon > >> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:34:29 -0500 > >> > >> So far no one has claimed adding fPic is the correct way of creating a > >> shared lib or > >> that it i

Re: [PATCH] Build libxf86config with -fPIC.

2010-11-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote: >> From: Gaetan Nadon >> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:34:29 -0500 >> >> So far no one has claimed adding fPic is the correct way of creating a >> shared lib or >> that it is a necessary workaround to a situation libtool cannot handle >> and that

[PATCH v2 xserver] config: build Xserver man pages using XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS

2010-11-24 Thread Gaetan Nadon
Nothing requires the use of a C preprocessor Using standard file exentions (.man) means no need for .gitignore Use standard directory and makefile Fix man page whitespace issues Reviewed-by: Matt Dew Signed-off-by: Gaetan Nadon --- Second edition fixes 18 whitespace issues. configure.

Re: [PATCH] Build libxf86config with -fPIC.

2010-11-24 Thread Mark Kettenis
> From: Gaetan Nadon > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:34:29 -0500 > > So far no one has claimed adding fPic is the correct way of creating a > shared lib or > that it is a necessary workaround to a situation libtool cannot handle > and that it will > work on all supported platforms. There certainly a

Re: [PATCH:libfontenc] Fail configure if zlib.h & -lz not found

2010-11-24 Thread Rémi Cardona
Le 24/11/2010 23:41, Mark Kettenis a écrit : > No. On OpenBSD, zlib is part of the base system and therefore there > is no .pc file. Xorg can't build without pkg-config. Can't you make the base system install zlib's .pc file? We have good tools, let's use them. Not that we can't do what Dan sugg

Re: [PATCH:libfontenc] Fail configure if zlib.h & -lz not found

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Mark Kettenis wrote: >> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:59:20 +0100 >> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Cardona?= >> >> Le 20/11/2010 07:04, Alan Coopersmith a �crit : >>> # zlib >>> - >>> -AC_CHECK_LIB(z, gzclose) >>> +AC_CHECK_HEADER([zlib.h], [], >>> +AC_MSG_FAILURE([zlib.h is required t

Re: [PATCH modular 2/2] Remove build-from-tarballs script.

2010-11-24 Thread Gaetan Nadon
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:43 -0500, Trevor Woerner wrote: > From: Trevor Woerner > > The build.sh script is able to perform builds from tarballs. > > Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner > --- > > It is my understanding that the build-from-tarballs script doesn't > work. > Personally I don't know sin

Re: [PATCH:libfontenc] Fail configure if zlib.h & -lz not found

2010-11-24 Thread Mark Kettenis
> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:59:20 +0100 > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Cardona?= > > Le 20/11/2010 07:04, Alan Coopersmith a écrit : > > # zlib > > - > > -AC_CHECK_LIB(z, gzclose) > > +AC_CHECK_HEADER([zlib.h], [], > > +AC_MSG_FAILURE([zlib.h is required to compile libfontenc]))

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Michal Svoboda
drago01 wrote: > You pointed out the issue, we found out who did it, they apologized > for doing so and revoked their root access. > > So what other actions do you want to be taken now? If I may step in I suggest investing some time and developing some sort of (formal) security concept. It's not

Re: [PATCH modular 2/2] Remove build-from-tarballs script.

2010-11-24 Thread Trevor Woerner
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote: > assuming build.sh works with tarballs as you said (I haven't tried) To clarify, I haven't tried either, I'm relying on reports from others. But I will test this out and familiarize myself with the process. > Reviewed-by: Peter Hutterer T

Re: [PATCH modular 2/2] Remove build-from-tarballs script.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 03:43:51PM -0500, Trevor Woerner wrote: > From: Trevor Woerner > > The build.sh script is able to perform builds from tarballs. > > Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner > --- > > It is my understanding that the build-from-tarballs script doesn't work. > Personally I don't know

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:18:16PM -0600, Pat Kane wrote: > What the deal with the "!!" operator? I read it as a double logical negation. > A NOOP, does it have some useful side effect? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1406604/what-does-the-operator-double-exclamation-point-mean-in-javascript

[PATCH v2] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
Simply returning the mask bit breaks checks like BitIsOn(mask, 0) != BitIsOn(mask, 1); as used in 048e93593e3f7a99a7d2a219e1ce2bdc9d407807. The naming of this macro suggests that it should return boolean values anyway. This patch also adds a few simple tests for these macros to make sure they

companies contributing to X [was: Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o]

2010-11-24 Thread Matt Dew
> But you also might want to consider that i was at a hardware vendor two > weeks ago, and i had to listen to their main engineer calling > contributing directly to X a waste of time, and that they rather fix > the versions their customers ship, and hand the patches to their > customers directly, n

Re: [PATCH v2 app-xdm 3/9] config: upgrade the checking for SELinux support

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Gaetan Nadon wrote: > Use "auto" rather than "try" for consistency with other modules. > Update help string to mention default value. > Unchanged: if configured --with-selinux and -lselinux is misisng, > abort the configuration. > > Change HAVE_SELINUX to USE_SELINUX to be consistent with > USE_PA

Re: [PATCH v2 app-xdm 5/9] config: rework check for random number generator

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Gaetan Nadon wrote: > Following a similar pattern to PAM and SELinux checks. > Unchanged: if a user has requested the use of a random device > and none can be found, the configuration aborts. > > Signed-off-by: Gaetan Nadon > --- > configure.ac | 43 +--

Re: [PATCH v2 app-xdm 2/9] config: upgrade the checking for PAM support

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Gaetan Nadon wrote: > Use "auto" rather than "try" for consistency with other modules. > Update help string to mention default value. > Unchanged: if configured --with-pam and -lpam is misisng, > abort the configuration. > > Continue with USE_PAM rather than HAVE_PAM_OPEN_SESSION > as we are check

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
So, wearing my X11R7.6 Release Manager hat, I am willing to accept that the git repositories are not known to be compromised by an outside actor, and that we can go forward with development & releases as normal. I had been quietly holding off on doing any more releases until the issue was investig

[PATCH modular 2/2] Remove build-from-tarballs script.

2010-11-24 Thread Trevor Woerner
From: Trevor Woerner The build.sh script is able to perform builds from tarballs. Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner --- It is my understanding that the build-from-tarballs script doesn't work. Personally I don't know since I've never used it. The build.sh script has been patched (thanks to the con

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Matt Turner
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Pat Kane wrote: > What the deal with the "!!" operator?  I read it as a double logical negation. > A NOOP,  does it have some useful side effect? It converts to bool, basically. I think it's kind of dirty. ___ xorg-devel

Re: [PATCH xserver 0/7] DocBook/XML make updates and refactoring

2010-11-24 Thread Keith Packard
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:27:51 -0500, Gaetan Nadon wrote: > Gaetan Nadon (7): > doc: HTML file generation: use the installed copy of xorg.css > xmlrules.in: remove unrequired "@rm -f $@" from doc targets > xmlrules.in: no need to setup xmlto flags when configuring > --without-xmlto > xm

Re: [PULL] input fixes

2010-11-24 Thread Keith Packard
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:06:40 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > Adam Jackson (1): > linux: Fix CPU usage bug in console fd flushing > > Chase Douglas (2): > Fix GPE Y axis scaling > Fix transformAbsolute > > Dan Horák (1): > XF86CONFIGDIR is undefined when built with --disa

Re: [PATCH] xfree86: Bump classic driver default to 1024x768

2010-11-24 Thread Keith Packard
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:25:13 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > + if (!scrp->monitor->maxPixClock && !specified) { > +type = "default "; > +scrp->monitor->maxPixClock = 65000.0; > +} Can you explain this part? Seems like this goes beyond changing the default mode

Re: [PATCH] autoconfig: select nouveau by default for NVIDIA GPUs

2010-11-24 Thread Mark Kettenis
> From: Thierry Vignaud > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:09:09 +0100 > On 15 November 2010 15:10, Dan Nicholson wrote: > >> This patch selects nouveau by default for NVIDIA GPUs > >> Also, don't treat DRI setup failure as an error for nouveau. > > > > Can you please split this patch in two parts since

Re: [PULL] DRI2 fixes and extensions

2010-11-24 Thread Keith Packard
On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:25:00 +0200, Pauli Nieminen wrote: > Pauli Nieminen (5): > DRI2: Avoid call to NULL pointer > DRI2: Add error message when working around driver bug > DRI2: Add ReuseBufferNotify hook > DRI2: Expose API to set drawable swap limit. > DRI2: Allow

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Nov 23, 10 22:56:52 +, Alan Cox wrote: > > It's on a separate branch, not master. (Doesn't mean it's right, just > > that it's not actually going to cripple anything or waste time for anyone > > who doesn't ask for it.) > > And how many other un-noticed commits did this person make ? Unti

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread Pat Kane
What the deal with the "!!" operator? I read it as a double logical negation. A NOOP, does it have some useful side effect? On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM, walter harms wrote: > > > Am 24.11.2010 07:25, schrieb Keith Packard: >> On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:40:11 +1000, Peter Hutterer >> wrote: >

[PATCH] xv: disable reputimage hook on newer api

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
From: Luc Verhaegen This change makes Xv support slightly less nice, but should, in itself, not deteriorate things too much, as most drivers function acceptably without reputimage. Signed-off-by: Luc Verhaegen --- configure.ac| 18 ++ src/apm_video.c |4 2 files

[PATCH] Adjust xf86-video-apm for upcoming Xv changes.

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
This patch is necessary for the patchset at: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-November/014856.html The reputimage hook is disabled when the updated API is used. This course of action seems acceptable, as many drivers function to some extent without a working reputimage hook. Patch will

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread drago01
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:08:18AM -0500, Matt Turner wrote: >> >> >From the Phoronix forums, you say >> >> > Yeah, this was most definitely not a simple prank, as some people like to >> > claim. >> >> What are you suggesting it was? > > Do

Re: Xv reput changes v2

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:05:46PM +0200, ville.syrj...@nokia.com wrote: > Second installment of Xv reput changes. > > Patches 09-13 are new. Patch 14 was modified. The rest should be the > same as before. > > ReputImage clipping should now match the behaviour of a regular > XPutImage or a non-ov

Re: [PATCH] include: let BitIsOn() return a boolean value.

2010-11-24 Thread walter harms
Am 24.11.2010 07:25, schrieb Keith Packard: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:40:11 +1000, Peter Hutterer > wrote: > >> -#define BitIsOn(ptr, bit) (((BYTE *) (ptr))[(bit)>>3] & (1 << ((bit) & 7))) >> +#define BitIsOn(ptr, bit) !!(((BYTE *) (ptr))[(bit)>>3] & (1 << ((bit) & >> 7))) > bit is checked t

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:08:18AM -0500, Matt Turner wrote: > > >From the Phoronix forums, you say > > > Yeah, this was most definitely not a simple prank, as some people like to > > claim. > > What are you suggesting it was? Do you really find this a simple prank? Or do you find this a flagra

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Matt Turner
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:27:12PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: >> On 24/11/10 19:38 , Luc Verhaegen wrote: >>> >>> Conspiracy theories? >> >> I did not imply that you were the one starting with the conspiracy >> theories, and I think strictl

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen wrote: > 2. What systems do we have in place that enables us to detect "evil >commits" once they actually make their way into the repository? What >is the probability that they will be noticed? Can we do anything to >increase this probability? Distributed ver

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:27:12PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On 24/11/10 19:38 , Luc Verhaegen wrote: >> >> Conspiracy theories? > > I did not imply that you were the one starting with the conspiracy > theories, and I think strictly speaking there was no name-calling in > that thread eithe

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:18:20AM +, Alan Cox wrote: > > He ensured the problem was noticed, and that it got out to people who > depend upon the repository being secure and properly managed. In this > case that turns out to have ensured the offender admitted to something > silly but if it had

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Alan Cox
> > See, this was exactly the problem here. It _was_ a freedesktop admin. > > And it was pretty clear that it was that from the onset too. Mailing > > fd.o admins, even if i could've dug up an email address in the split > > second that i wrote the email (heck, i even mistyped repository), was > > n

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Daniel Stone
Hi, I've been mostly offline whilst moving, so have only read this through web archives. As mentioned on IRC earlier, it was my account used. My apologies: as ajax said, it's indefensible, and am not really sure what else to say. I've suspended my root accounts as well. That being said: On Wed

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Tim Beaulen
Luc, I completely agree with you. ___ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
On 24/11/10 19:38 , Luc Verhaegen wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 06:33:19PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: On 24/11/10 18:00 , Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen wrote: 1. What systems do we have in place that enables us to detect when a "trusted admin" acts in "bad judgement" or with "evil intent"?

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Maarten Maathuis
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Tim Beaulen wrote: > Luc, > > I completely agree with you. > ___ > x...@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xo

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 06:33:19PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On 24/11/10 18:00 , Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen wrote: >> 1. What systems do we have in place that enables us to detect when a >> "trusted admin" acts in "bad judgement" or with "evil intent"? What >> is the probability that su

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Airlie
> > As far as I can see, all you've managed to do is to create a lot of > noise about what is, in itself, a fairly minor incident.  Yes, it is > serious that a "trusted admin" abuses his powers.  However, that happens > and will continue to happen.  Humans are like that.  We often show a > remarkab

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Hutterer
On 24/11/10 18:00 , Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen wrote: 1. What systems do we have in place that enables us to detect when a "trusted admin" acts in "bad judgement" or with "evil intent"? What is the probability that such actions will be noticed? Can we do anything to increase this prob

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen
Luc Verhaegen writes: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 04:36:17PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: >> > >> > See, this was exactly the problem here. It _was_ a freedesktop admin. >> > And it was pretty clear that it was that from the onset too. Mailing

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 06:01:19PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 04:36:17PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > >> > > >> > See, this was exactly the problem here. It

Re: Respository vandalism by r...@...fd.o

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Airlie
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 04:36:17PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: >> > >> > See, this was exactly the problem here. It _was_ a freedesktop admin. >> > And it was pretty clear that it was th