Hi folks, To help accelerate code review, we (WMF) have recently made efforts to expand the +2 merge right on Git/Gerrit, consistent with the idea that +2 is an expression of trust and confidence in someone's judgment rather than an indicator of universal technical competence. For example, you might have +2 on core, but specialize in front-end code, or documentation fixes, or test changes. That means you would be expected to only merge changes relevant to those areas, and we trust you to exercise good judgment to do so. Our intent is therefore to grant +2 more broadly than we have in the past, but to also establish clear parameters under which we would revoke it. So we've: - expanded +2 to all full-time WMF engineers by adding them to a 'wmf' group which has +2 rights on the following repos: apps, glam, integration, mediawiki, qa, search, translatewiki, webplatform.org - been more open in handing out +2 to MediaWiki core. Sumana has been actively nominating trusted volunteers to ensure that they get merge rights. Five volunteers have gained maintainership rights in the past week, and we're encouraging you to apply: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Gerrit_project_ownership - posted a draft policy for owners of the +2 permission here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/%2B2 This last bit is the critical part -- as we expand +2, these are the terms under which reviewers would be expected to operate. Please leave comments on the talk page if anything strikes you as onerous or unreasonable, or missing. Hopefully this will reduce friction introduced with the Git/Gerrit permissions model and review-related blockers. All best, Erik -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate