On 3 October 2011 18:00, Jack Phoenix <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
