# Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Parrot Foundation. # $Id: metacommitter_guide.pod 37200 2009-03-08 11:46:01Z fperrad $ =head1 Metacommitter Guide The procedure below describes how to manage the list of Parrot committers. See F<docs/project/roles_responsibilities.pod> for more details on the various roles in the Parrot project, including the Metacommitter role. =head2 Instructions the new committer must follow This procedure must be performed by the new committer before the Metacommitter can add commit rights. =over 4 =item 1 Create an account on L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot>. =back You only need to create one account for both the "parrot" and "languages" repositories, though the Metacommitter will need to grant permissions to the two repositories separately. =head2 Instructions for the Metacommitter The new committer must perform the above procedure before the Metacommitter can add commit rights. =over 4 =item 1 Login to Trac at L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/> =item 2 Navigate to the Admin -> Permissions page, L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/admin/general/perm> =item 3 If the user is not already in the "developer" group (for access to administer tickets), enter the username in the "Add Subject to Group" box, and add them to the "developer" group. =item 4 Navigate to the Admin -> Subversion Access page L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/admin/subversion/svnauthz> and select the "parrot_committers" group. =item 5 Select the username from the "Add Group Member to parrot_committers" listbox, and click the "Add" button. (Note that the username won't appear in the drop box until they've been granted "developer" permissions.) =back Congratulate the new member publicly by sending an email to parrot-dev@lists.parrot.org, and copying the new committer. The steps for the "languages" repository and Trac instance are the same, except the URLs are L<https://trac.parrot.org/languages/...> and the committer group is "languages_committers". =head2 To manage the list of Metacommitters Only existing Metacommitters can perform this activity. =over 4 =item 1 Navigate to the Admin -> Permissions page L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/admin/general/perm> and add/remove "admin" users as desired. =back =head2 To manage the list of Bug Admins. Only existing Metacommitters can perform this activity. =over 4 =item 1 Navigate to the Admin -> Permissions page L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/admin/general/perm> and add/remove "developer" users as desired. Verify that the username is the one the user intends to use to administer tickets. (Some bugadmins have multiple Trac accounts.) =back =head1 SEE ALSO F<docs/project/roles_responsibilities.pod>, F<RESPONSIBLE_PARTIES> =cut