[Fedora-infrastructure-list] Translating owners.list to packagedb: unknown accounts

[Mike McGrath]

On 9/14/06, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey packagedb and accounts2 people,
>
> As part of filling the test packageDB with data, I'm working on a script
> that pulls information out of owners.list and enters it into the
> packageDB.  One of the problems is that I've got 631 errors where an
> email address in owners.list doesn't match with anyone in the current
> accounts system.  So I need to get a handle on how we can fix these
> issues both short-term and long-term.
>

Unfortunately this is a common problem.  I too fit into this category.
 The new accounting system should probably account for a users
bugzilla email.  The difficulty is in verifying this and not just
trusing what the user says though I don't really know what damage they
could do.

       -Mike