Commit access requests



This page serves as a central location for users to request commit access to SVN. Please note that just because you've listed your name here doesn't mean that you'll get access. Final approval for access still lies with Brion and Tim.

Request format
Copy and paste the following text to the bottom of the list. Of course you can add extra information you think is relevant, but try to keep it simple and to the point.

=== User name === * Requested commit name: abcd * Expected area to work in: extensions, localization, etc * link to public key * Past work on MediaWiki - patches, extensions, bug reports, etc * Past programming experience - other open source projects, etc. ~ (signature with date)

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Completed requests
Generally when requests are completed, an announcement e-mail is sent to wikitech-l and the Developers page is updated.


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Current requests
Add your request here.

Gabriel Wicke

 * Requested commit name: gwicke
 * Expected area to work in: extensions, core. First concrete need is publishing updates to my catfeed extension and open-sourcing client work.
 * Link to public key: http://dl.wikidev.net/id_dsa.pub
 * Past work on MediaWiki: Long ago (2003/04): Wrote the MonoBook skin, added user styles, Squid caching infrastructure, Parser fixes, user interface work. Since then: miscellaneous client work
 * Past programming experience: Basic pocket calculators, Zope/Plone, PHP content management systems, Squid, libevent/libev network programming, misc C and Python tools, AVR assembler, Haskell dabbling GWicke 09:25, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Your previous commit name appears to be gabrielwicke. Max Semenik 09:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, but that was back in the CVS days, I did not request an SVN account after the switch. If you would prefer me to use the old name feel free to set that up instead. Thanks! GWicke 17:53, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Nathanael Thompson

 * Requested commit name: than4213
 * Expected area to work in: parser. I'm interested in improving the architecture of the parser by iteratively seperating it into a data layer and parser engine. For all who's interested, I have a svn diff available for an initial change.
 * Link to public key: http://sites.google.com/site/natesprograms/Home/id_rsa.pub
 * Past work on MediaWiki: None, I'll work on bugs while I'm waiting for access.
 * Past programming experience: Bachelors in Computer Science and 5 years experience as a feature dev at Microsoft. Used the following in either a academic or professional setting: C++, Java, C#, Scheme, Scala, SQL, Batch, Bash, Perl, Javascript, Matlab, Latex.  As mentioned above I made a diff for an initial change to the parser and was able to pick up PHP pretty quickly.  Than4213 00:20, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Please register on this wiki and enable email features in your preferences. Max Semenik 06:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Do we have an auth group for "branch only"? Or is that supplied by the 'extension' auth?  Definitely support giving him some way to work on a new parser in a branch; such a thing would need hundreds of hours of testing before it gets into core anyway. And there are plenty of extension bugs to work on in the meantime. Happy ‑ melon 12:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)