On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:40:00PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:04:12AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: 
>
> Why is w-b access so sacred?

It's not that it's sacred; it's that w-b uses a Berkeley DB with a
database-level lock for every access (including read-only access); so
giving such access to everyone who asks for it will interfere with
proper buildd operation.

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