Rsults:
6 +1
0 +0
0 -1

Congratulations Alex, you are now a committer.

I will add http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/abusenius to the 
XWikiCommittersGroup.

Caleb


Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
> On 08/11/2010 04:38 PM, Caleb James DeLisle wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been working with Alex on security related code and have been 
>> impressed with his abilities as well as
>> dedication to consistent improvement of the project and his own code.
>>
>> Alex has worked on some complex changes to difficult code such as:
>>
>> XWIKI-5275: Prevent nested script macros.
>> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-5275
>>
>> As well as a large quantity of cross site script related patches such as:
>>
>> XWIKI-5161: Using XML symbols (<,>,&, ") inside the document 
>> title/name/space breaks various parts of the UI and causes the PDF export to 
>> throw exceptions
>> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-5161
>>
>> A full list is here, most are not viewable by the public.
>> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=nickless#selectedTab=com.atlassian.streams.streams-jira-plugin:user-profile-stream-panel
>>
>> Alex has developed an automated cross site script fuzzing test which can be 
>> seen here:
>> http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/contrib/sandbox/xwiki-enterprise-test-escaping/
>>
>> He is also responsible for parts of xwiki-crypto including PKCS7 signing and 
>> validation and X509 certificate handling.
>> see:
>> http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-crypto/src/main/java/org/xwiki/crypto/x509/XWikiX509Certificate.java
>> http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-crypto/src/main/java/org/xwiki/crypto/x509/internal/X509SignatureService.java
>> http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-crypto/src/main/java/org/xwiki/crypto/x509/internal/AbstractX509CertificateWrapper.java
>>
>>
>> As far as write access to the main repository, I think there is no question 
>> that he will be a good committer.
>> It should be noted that I would be +1 for giving write access to anyone who 
>> demonstrates a need.
>>
>> The remaining issue is the responsibility of being on the "steering 
>> committee", having the power to -1 a vote.
>> Alex and I agree on a lot of issues where we hold the minority position so 
>> my opinion should be taken with the salt it deserves.
>> That said, he has the courage to voice disagreement when he has it,
>> he takes an interest in decisions regarding the core rather than being 
>> concentrated on the user interface,
>> and he has the ability to spot problems in design which will not become 
>> obvious until later.
>>
>> I think Alex Busenius will be a great committer.
> 
> +1.
> 
> Just a reminder, as with any other committer, whenever you're not sure 
> of something, posting patches and asking for review is a good option.
> 

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