Comment 4 for bug 524173

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote : Re: [Bug 524173] Re: package-import uses james_w credentials

On 3 February 2011 01:39, James Westby <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:26:37 -0000, Martin Pool <email address hidden> wrote:
>> >  * create a new LP user.
>> >  * make that user part of ~ubuntu-branches so that it can set official branches.
>> >  * allow that user to write to any official branch.
>>
>> Is the third of these a consequence of the second, or does something
>> else need to be done?
>
> It's almost a consequence given that the majority of official branches
> are owned by that team.
>
> However, we have been relying on the fact that I am a core-dev to allow
> us to push to all branches.

So would making the bot account be part of ~core-dev be a good idea
too, and would that be sufficient?