On 01/05/2015 07:22 PM, S Page wrote:
(no longer about the Co-op bot...)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Chris McMahon <cmcmahon@wikimedia.org mailto:cmcmahon@wikimedia.org> wrote:
It's more getting the configuration correct (CommonSettings, InitializeSettings, database configuration, etc.) working in beta labs in order to discover any glitches that might occur before doing these updates in production. test2wiki is of particular concern because it is a peer node on the production cluster, it shares configuration with every other node on the Wikipedia cluster. Making a mistake in test2wiki can have serious consequences, better to make any mistake in beta labs first.There's no config change for this, I just gave MatchBot the 'flow-create-board' right on testwiki. We have a dormant wmf-config patch that creates a "flow-bot" group with this right, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/181120/ , and yes that should be tested first on beta labs.
You put MatchBot in the flow-bot group (this group is created by the Flow extension).
We will need to give the appropriate user group on English Wikipedia the ability to add users to the flow-bot group (I am fairly certain neither sysops nor bureaucrats can do that today). I believe this group (the one in charge of adding bots to the bot groups) is "bureaucrat", but I would appreciate confirmation from someone familiar with the bot approval group.
I am fine with testing this config change in Beta Labs.
Matt