[PATCH 02/11] doc: update CONTRIBUTING and add MAINTAINERS file

[Daniel Stone]

Hi,

On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 21:13, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> Afaiui Owner exists only at the group level (think of it as folders with
> ACL attached), and it allows you to create new projects in that group. All
> Owners also automatically get maintainer permissions in all the projects
> they're in (plus they can delete projects). Think Owner = your local
> sysadmin. Of course fd.o admins have implied Owner rights everywhere.

All of this is correct.

> Unfortunately there's no way to not inherit full maintainer rights if
> you're an owner, which would be really nice to avoid accidents. You can
> add owners as a lower role in a project, but that doesn't reduce the
> rights.  Probably still a good idea to do that, since when the owners
> change then they keep the rights. E.g. in igt I'm also listed as Developer
> role.

Indeed. I guess it would be handy to avoid accidents, but on the other
hand it's maybe more clear: if someone (as a group Owner) is able to
destroy and recreate your project, then for all practical intents they
have full access to your project.

I skim-read most everything apart from the CoC patch, but the series is:
Acked-by: Daniel Stone <daniels at collabora.com>

Cheers,
Daniel