Hi,

After a couple of false starts, I've posted a short patch for Bug 144 (related changes for Categories). I can also close Bug 923, which I posted (poor use of strings in recentchangeslinked). So:

1) [[m:Development policy]] seems to say I should ask for CVS access. I don't really want CVS access, but if it was set up for me, I'd check in patches for 144 and 923. Alternately, somebody with access could check them in. I really want 144 closed by 1.4; I got a bunch of excited mail from people following that bug.

2) The patch for 923 subtly changes the meaning of the string 'rclsub'. Will translators know that the string changed? Is there a policy on allowing changes to strings close to release?

3) [[m:Development tasks]] seems unloved. The KDE project has a "junior jobs" concept where easy problems are prefixed with JJ: in bugzilla. I would be interested in a similar project for Mediawiki. I don't have time to do major things like database redesign or delta-compression, but if I could take a couple hours each week checking off simple bugs and free up time for core developers to work on the big issues I'd be willing to do that.

Peace,

Dan Keshet (English Wikipedia)