Re: handling GDPR requests

[Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 05:55:51PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
>> Well, I have my first GDPR request. What's the recommended mechanism 
>> of
>> dealing with that? The message in question dates back to mid-last year and I
>> see two problems with deleting it from the repository:
>>
>> 1. It's in the previous epoch repo of LKML
>> 2. Deleting/editing that message would require a massive repo rebase with
>> associated db reindexing. I'm not sure I want to think about how long that
>> would take.
>
>Try the -purge tool:
>  https://public-inbox.org/meta/20190111041008.24361-8-e@80x24.org/
>
>I haven't used it outside of tests, so try it in a throwaway repo,
>first :)
>
>It doesn't need to do a full reindex.  And the "rebase" should
>be quick when done via fast-import (doesn't need to rewrite
>blobs, only commit history).  The repack might be the slowest
>part of the operation.

Thanks, Eric!

I'm not acting on it yet, since the proper process needs to be followed 
via LF legal. Notably, this person's name and email address ended up 
making its way into actual git commits (via "Reported-By:"), so at this 
point I'm mostly sitting back with a large bucket of pop-corn.

-K