The sudo feature

[Gervase Markham]

Joel Peshkin wrote:
> Except that ... if you really look at the code, it only touches the code 
> in a very few places and only if enabled.   It is vital for both testing 
> sites and for testing bugzilla itself.   Justdave is over-reacting a tad.

We seem to have managed without it for several years... what makes it so 
vital now?

And is there a write-up or design document for this feature anywhere, so 
I can get up to speed? This is the first time it's been mentioned on 
this list...

Gerv