automate population of roles section

[grudelsud]

presently to approve a submission you need to be an admin

an admin is defined in the roles collection with a document identified by user id and a field admin: true

values in the roles collection are added manually using the firebase console, there should be a way to do it from the website (e.g. if you are an admin, a button "make admin" is available in the members list page)

[silviopaganini]

revisiting this

wouldn't it be easier if the Member collection had a admin: true instead?

[grudelsud]

no, that wouldn't work. The problem is that you would give every user the permission to set themselves as admins.

[silviopaganini]

only if they had access to the DB on firebase... ?

[grudelsud]

they do have access to the database, as they can change their own data. this is the relevant rule: https://github.com/devcon-london/website/blob/master/firestore.rules#L18