Due to something unexpected, I may be away from the build for an unknown period of time. I do not know for sure if this will happen, but for the moment I figured I'd let everyone know. Since I do not know how long I will be away, I may need someone to take over the build while I'm gone. If I do find that I will be away, the user will have all Wordpress privileges, which would allow them to edit/moderate comments, write posts/pages, etc. They will not have SSH/FTP access, so they won't be able to add new plugins or be able to damage the site too badly. In addition to Wordpress access, they will have access to the build user account, and will be able to add/remove/modify patches, manually update the build, etc. I'm planning on removing FTP access to the build user, since it's insecure and isn't needed, which means the user will need to know how to use SSH and the commands needed to add/remove/fix patches. Since a user could easily exploit this, I plan to do two things:
1. Allow any user to ask for access to both of these, though they will need to show some sort of proof that they have an understanding of Rockbox, patches, etc. Those that are thinking of asking, I suggest you write a decent paragraph or so explaining why you think you should have this, because I will post all of them on here, and allow all other users to choose. Of course, after the users choose, I will pick one of the top two (or three) to manage everything.
2. While the password for the build account could be changed, I will monitor it when possible (or set up a way to automatically monitor it) and will disable all access to the account if it is needed. This of course would prevent both me and the user from accessing the account, though I would be able to re-enable it if needed.
Hosting for both this site and the build user (as well as other users) are covered until March or May (can't remember) of 2008.
I hope I covered everything, otherwise I will edit this post later. Those who think they could run the build should email me at wordpress AT chrisjs DOT com.




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