2011/3/16 MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com:
There are a few bugs that aren't really "shell" bugs, but actually "root" bugs (which doesn't have its own keyword). I think it'd be nice to include one "root" bug every week. For example, I'm fairly sure https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9204 is ready to be deployed across the cluster, but requires a root user.
I'll create an RT ticket for that one.
I don't remember off-hand if creating a wiki is something that a normal "shell" user can do, so those might be an option for "root" bugs as well. Just a thought.
Normal shell users can execute all but one of the steps required for wiki creation: root access is needed to create the DNS entry for the new subdomain. Previously we just had RobH handle all wiki creations, but he's been working almost exclusively on setting up the Virginia datacenter for a while now AFAIK. I previously suggested on IRC that we could have regular shell users like Ashar do the wiki creations at a scheduled time and assign a root to do the DNS stuff for them.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)