Happy-melon wrote: > Actions like [1] cannot possibly be considered a good thing, but I certainly > understand the sentiment behind it. Attracting new contributors is probably > the most vital task of any collaborative volunteer project; without them, > any such program is doomed to failure. This is an issue that affects > Wikimedia as a whole, but MW development is arguably one of the least > successful subprojects at this activity. > > Who is responsible for commit access requests now that Brion has left? That > applies both in the long-term, once the new CTO is hired, and in the short > term, for those requests that are in the queue Right Now. Whoever is > responsible, needs as a matter of urgency to both clear the current queue, > and to establish an ongoing procedure to clear it more regularly in future. > Brion's last review was on 4th August, and left several requests unresolved. > One of those requests is now over four months old. This is not an > acceptable or sustainable gauntlet to put eager new contributors through. > > --HM > > [1] > http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Commit_access_requests&curid=36954&diff=280996&oldid=279354 >
I didn't know that page existed. Maybe we can replace it with something more functional, like a web form frontend to an OTRS queue. Limited access with no code review requirement for new extensions would also be a time-saver. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
