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[David Verdin <address@concealed>]

Hi Matt,

Le 10/01/12 01:50, Matt Taggart a écrit :
> Hi sympa-users,
>
> I would like to be able to have a group of "pending list request reviewers"
> that do not have all the rights of listmasters. I want them to be able to
> view the "pending lists" web page, be able to view requests, and
> approve/reject them, but not do anything else a listmaster can do.
>
> I have read
>
>    http://www.sympa.org/manual/list-creation
>
> and about the create_list parameter. For create_list we're currently using
> the create_list.public_listmaster scenai which reads
>
>    title.gettext anybody by validation by listmaster required
>
>    is_listmaster([sender])   md5,smime ->  do_it
>    true()                    smtp,md5,smime ->  listmaster,notify
>
> could I just add something in the middle like
>
>    equal([sender], 'address@concealed')   md5,smime ->  do_it
>
> or maybe use a custom parameter to define a list of approvers and then
> reference it?
>
> Would something like that be enough to also let the user view the pending
> lists page?
Unfortunately not.
What you propose would allow users to create a list, but not to see the 
list of pendind creation requests.
Visualizing this page implies that you execute the "get_pending_list" 
action which is controlled solely on the fact that somebody is 
listmaster or not. This is NOT scenarion controlled but hard-coded.
In order to un-hard-code it, we should modify wwsympa.fcgi.in (removing 
the entry regarding this action in the "%required_privileges" hash) and 
base the execution of this action on the valuation of the "create_list" 
scenario.
It is a lightweight action, but I'm not sure whether we need to do it or 
not.
I guess your need is shared among a lot of people in the list but I 
would just have somme feedback to make sure it is usefulle before 
changing the default behaviour.
So please guys, express yourself: tell me if you need this feature. I 
would do it if I'm convinced this the correct step to take. Vox populi, 
vox dei. ;)
>   I notice that the web_tt2/*_pending_list*.tt2 templated have
> some
>
>    [% IF is_listmaster %]
>
> in them. Maybe those would need changes too?
>
> Is doing something like this possible? (and would it be an interesting
> feature for more than just me?)
Yes it is possible but probably in another form.
It is certainly usefull to other people. All the admins that need to 
delegate list activation to manager which have nothing to do with 
technical stuff, which means probably a lot of people.

Cheers,

David
> Thanks,