ERROR: Permission to archhaskell/cabal2arch.git denied to peti.

Hi, I just tried to push a fix for cabal2arch issue #27, but apparently Github won't allow me to upload the change: $ git push --dry-run -v Pushing to git@github.com:archhaskell/cabal2arch ERROR: Permission to archhaskell/cabal2arch.git denied to peti. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly Does anyone know what might be causing this error? Take care, Peter

Well, now I know what happened:
$ git push --dry-run -v Pushing to git@github.com:archhaskell/cabal2arch ERROR: Permission to archhaskell/cabal2arch.git denied to peti. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Magnus Therning has by mistake broken the x86_64 repository ... again. Instead of correcting the error, though, he tried to pretend that nothing happened and that nothing needs to be done about it. (See https://github.com/archhaskell/habs/issues/43/ for further details.) I didn't like that, so I committed a fix to HABS that bumped all $pkgrels in order to trigger a re-build. Now, unfortunately, that commit brought attention to the fact that Magnus has made a mistake -- a situation he very much wanted to avoid, so he removed my commit from the history of the HABS repository. He didn't revert it -- he actually overwrote the repository's current HEAD to make the commit invisible. Furthermore, Magnus has revoked my access to all ArchHaskell repositories on Github. Peter

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:03, Peter Simons
Well, now I know what happened:
> $ git push --dry-run -v > Pushing to git@github.com:archhaskell/cabal2arch > ERROR: Permission to archhaskell/cabal2arch.git denied to peti. > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Magnus Therning has by mistake broken the x86_64 repository ... again. Instead of correcting the error, though, he tried to pretend that nothing happened and that nothing needs to be done about it. (See https://github.com/archhaskell/habs/issues/43/ for further details.) I didn't like that, so I committed a fix to HABS that bumped all $pkgrels in order to trigger a re-build. Now, unfortunately, that commit brought attention to the fact that Magnus has made a mistake -- a situation he very much wanted to avoid, so he removed my commit from the history of the HABS repository. He didn't revert it -- he actually overwrote the repository's current HEAD to make the commit invisible. Furthermore, Magnus has revoked my access to all ArchHaskell repositories on Github.
Yes, I revoked it, and removed your commit, because I don't appreciate that sort of attack in a commit message. Peter, since you decided to handle this in public, here's a basic question for you: Do you want to be the owner/leader and, by the looks of it, the sole regular contributor to the ArchHaskell project? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

Hi Magnus,
Do you want to be the owner/leader and, by the looks of it, the sole regular contributor to the ArchHaskell project?
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking me whether I want you to quit working on this project? If that is the case, then I believe that this question is somewhat inappropriate. Whether you want to contribute to HABS or not is a decision *you* must make, not I. What I can say is that I don't want you to break the binary repository. If that happens anyway, for some reason, then I want you to *fix the problem* instead of denying that it exists. And in case that turns out to be impossible, then I want you to let me fix the problem, instead of preventing me from doing that. I appreciate your contributions to HABS. Recently, you've put a lot of effort into keeping packages up-to-date, and I'm really glad that you're helping with that task. At the same time, you tend to leave the binary repository in an inconsistent, unusable state, and after that's been discovered, you tend to gloss over those mistakes and deny that they exist. That part of your contributions is not exactly helpful for me. Take care, Peter

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:18, Peter Simons
Hi Magnus,
> Do you want to be the owner/leader and, by the looks of it, the > sole regular contributor to the ArchHaskell project?
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking me whether I want you to quit working on this project? If that is the case, then I believe that this question is somewhat inappropriate. Whether you want to contribute to HABS or not is a decision *you* must make, not I.
No, you see *you* have to decide that, since if you say 'yes' then I'll hand over the ownership of the ArchHaskell github group, and send you the remaining passwords that Don handed over to me. If you say 'no' then I will continue to own the github group, but I will *not* re-instate your commit rights. Simply because I've over the last few months come to the conclusion that I can't work with you. This last thing was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Hopefully this clarifies the context of the question, which I'm still hoping you will answer at some point, a 'yes' or 'no' will suffice. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

Hi Magnus,
If you say 'yes' then I'll hand over the ownership of the ArchHaskell github group, and send you the remaining passwords that Don handed over to me.
well, it feels a little odd to resolve the situation like this, but maybe you are right and it's the best choice. Yes, please send me the passwords. Take care, Peter

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 13:40, Peter Simons
Hi Magnus,
> If you say 'yes' then I'll hand over the ownership of the ArchHaskell > github group, and send you the remaining passwords that Don handed > over to me.
well, it feels a little odd to resolve the situation like this, but maybe you are right and it's the best choice. Yes, please send me the passwords.
I will do so tonight when I'm home and can encrypt the email properly. Good luck. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

I've added you to the owner team in github, please remove me ASAP.
/M
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 14:12, Magnus Therning
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 13:40, Peter Simons
wrote: Hi Magnus,
> If you say 'yes' then I'll hand over the ownership of the ArchHaskell > github group, and send you the remaining passwords that Don handed > over to me.
well, it feels a little odd to resolve the situation like this, but maybe you are right and it's the best choice. Yes, please send me the passwords.
I will do so tonight when I'm home and can encrypt the email properly.
Good luck.
/M
-- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus
-- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 14:14, Magnus Therning
I've added you to the owner team in github, please remove me ASAP.
Actually I found out how to remove myself :-) /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:57:30 +0000, Magnus Therning
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 14:14, Magnus Therning
wrote: I've added you to the owner team in github, please remove me ASAP.
Actually I found out how to remove myself :-)
This story is a bit sad, and I hope that after some time you will change your mind and continue to contribute to arch-haskell. While I remember Peter over reacting (IMO) about keep the old files in the repository. This seems very small in comparison to the work he has been doing. Anyway let's calm down and look forward... All the best, -- Nicolas Pouillard http://nicolaspouillard.fr
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