Difference between revisions of "HOWTO-Admin"

Revision as of 21:10, 5 August 2009

TODO: Explain what to do *before* adding a new user; and what to do once the new user was added.

Adding new members involves the following things (list may not be complete):

Point out some important rules: follow the Code Formatting Conventions, don't break other people's builds with your commits, ...
Ensure they are subscribed to scummvm-devel
Add them to SF.net as project members
- Make sure to also setup appropriate tracker access levels
- Point them to the tracker admin HOWTO below
Forum: if they have a forum account, make sure it is in group "ScummVM Team"
Wiki: Make sure they have an account
Ask them to write an Introduction email to scummvm-devel
...

TODO: Explain how to ban a user properly; how to deal with spam; ...

TODO: Describe how to react to new bug reports; how to get more info, how to use canned responses; which bug title format we use; etc.

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 Adding new members involves the following things (list may not be complete):
-* Point out our rules: [[Code Formatting Conventions]], ...
+* Point out some important rules: follow the [[Code Formatting Conventions]], don't break other people's builds with your commits, ...
 * Ensure they are subscribed to scummvm-devel
 * Add them to SF.net as project members
 ** Make sure to also setup appropriate tracker access levels
 ** Point them to the tracker admin HOWTO below
-* TODO: Forum: account in group "ScummVM Team"
+* Forum: if they have a forum account, make sure it is in group "ScummVM Team"
-* TODO: Wiki: account
+* Wiki: Make sure they have an account
-* TODO: Introduction email
+* Ask them to write an Introduction email to scummvm-devel
 * ...