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On 09/06/06, Edward Catmur <ed@×××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> And what if they do know what they're doing, and what they're doing is |
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> subverting Gentoo systems en masse? You're proposing to hand out commit |
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> access to anyone who makes a case on IRC; you have no way to tell that |
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> they aren't an attacker. |
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This is the way the system currently works. I'm sure any decent |
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motivated hacker would be able to fix a few ebuilds, hang out on irc, |
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do the quiz, and gain cvs commit access. There are no identity checks |
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when you become a gentoo developer; it's all about reputation. |
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