Re: Back and a Question

On 8/15/06, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There are no rules that state "developers cannot have access to production
> data"
>

we impose (actually I am trying to :( ) impose the rule that developers cannot have access to production *systems*. Sure they might need to see the data, or a subset thereof, to replicate an issue - though with appropriately written and instrumented software you should just need the logs :) - that doesn't translate into hacking around on production.

It is highly unlikely that a developer, or anyone else for that matter, will
> get an
> account that is anything other than read only.
>

and how do you do that and make support work? Actually there is a wider how do you do that at all, but I digress.

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Niall Litchfield
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