On 3 October 2011 18:00, Jack Phoenix jack@countervandalism.net wrote:
And out of curiosity - is there a new policy in place?
I wouldn't know, as the process has changed over the years, but I have to say that I liked it when commit access requests were on the MediaWiki.org wiki ([[mw:Commit access requests]]) -- IMO it was a better and more transparent way to manage commit access requests than an OTRS queue or whatever is used nowadays; then again, I'm just giving suggestions here, I'm not here to make any decisions as I'm not employed by the Foundation.
The biggest problem of the old mw.org queue was that it was simply neglected for months at a time; my own commit access request was up there for over six months before *anyone* looked at it *at all*. I agree that it was more transparent and maybe 'better'; but the most important requirement of the system is that it *works* and is used. If the OTRS queue works for the current svn admins, then that's an important merit.
--HM