[Toolserver-l] multi-maintainer tools

[River Tarnell]

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hi,

in order to increase collaboration between users on the Toolserver, and
discourage single-person ownership of tools, we would like to introduce
multi-maintainer tools on the Toolserver.  these are similar to stable server
projects, except there is no need to migrate to a new server; they run on the
normal Toolserver.  (the flip side of this is that problems on the normal
Toolserver will affect multi-maintainer tools as well as normal tools.)

a multi-maintainer tool runs under a dedicated Unix account, which its
maintainers may access using 'sudo'.  only one tool is allowed to run under
such an account, and the account may not be used for anything else.  

eventually we plan to let users create these tools automatically; until then,
they must be created manually by an admin.  if you would like a
multi-maintainer tool project, please file a request in the TS project in JIRA,
listing: 

* your Toolserver username
* the account name for the tool
* the account names of any other users who should have access.

it may take a few days to create the account, since we're still working out
exactly how these tools will work.

if you like, you may create a multi-maintainer tool with only a single
maintainer.  this will allow you to add additional maintainers later.

at the moment, there is no advantage to using a multi-maintainer tool; however,
we are looking at ways to encourage users to create such tools, and discourage
tools owned by a single user.

	- river.
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