I was on holiday, sorry for not answering. Great to see that Alexa is on board now! :)
-Vincent On Aug 11, 2010, at 4:38 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 > > Caleb _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
