/Misc/developers.txt

  1Developer Log
  2=============
  3
  4This file is a running log of developers given permissions on SourceForge.
  5
  6The purpose is to provide some institutional memory of who was given access
  7and why.
  8
  9The first entry starts in April 2005.  In keeping with the style of
 10Misc/NEWS, newer entries should be added to the top.  Any markup should
 11be in the form of ReST.  Entries should include the initials of the
 12project admin who made the change or granted access.  Feel free to revise
 13the format to accommodate documentation needs as they arise.
 14
 15
 16
 17Permissions History
 18-------------------
 19
 20- Tarek Ziadé as given SVN access on Decmeber 21 2008 by NCN,
 21  for maintenance of distutils.
 22
 23- Hirokazu Yamamoto was given SVN access on August 12 2008 by MvL,
 24  for contributions to the Windows build.
 25
 26- Antoine Pitrou was given SVN access on July 16 2008, by recommendation
 27  from GvR, for general contributions to Python.
 28
 29- Jesse Noller was given SVN access on 16 June 2008 by GFB,
 30  for work on the multiprocessing module.
 31
 32- Gregor Lingl was given SVN access on 10 June 2008 by MvL,
 33  for work on the turtle module.
 34
 35- Robert Schuppenies was given SVN access on 21 May 2008 by MvL,
 36  for GSoC contributions.
 37
 38- Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel was given SVN access on 29 April 2008 by MvL,
 39  for GSoC contributions.
 40
 41- Heiko Weinen was given SVN access on 29 April 2008 by MvL,
 42  for GSoC contributions.
 43
 44- Jesus Cea was was given SVN access on 24 April 2008 by MvL,
 45  for maintenance of bsddb.
 46
 47- Guilherme Polo was given SVN access on 24 April 2008 by MvL,
 48  for GSoC contributions.
 49
 50- Thomas Lee was given SVN access on 21 April 2008 by NCN,
 51  for work on branches (ast/optimizer related).
 52
 53- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven was given SVN access on 12 April 2008
 54  by GFB, for documentation work.
 55
 56- Josiah Carlson was given SVN access on 26 March 2008 by GFB,
 57  for work on asyncore/asynchat.
 58
 59- Benjamin Peterson was given SVN access on 25 March 2008 by GFB,
 60  for bug triage work.
 61
 62- Jerry Seutter was given SVN access on 20 March 2008 by BAC, for
 63  general contributions to Python.
 64
 65- Jeff Rush was given SVN access on 18 March 2008 by AMK, for Distutils work.
 66
 67- David Wolever was given SVN access on 17 March 2008 by MvL,
 68  for 2to3 work.
 69
 70- Trent Nelson was given SVN access on 17 March 2008 by MvL,
 71  for general contributions to Python.
 72
 73- Mark Dickinson was given SVN access on 6 January 2008 by Facundo
 74  Batista for his work on mathemathics and number related issues.
 75
 76- Amaury Forgeot d'Arc was given SVN access on 9 November 2007 by MvL,
 77  for general contributions to Python.
 78
 79- Christian Heimes was given SVN access on 31 October 2007 by MvL,
 80  for general contributions to Python.
 81
 82- Chris Monson was given SVN access on 20 October 2007 by NCN,
 83  for his work on editing PEPs.
 84
 85- Bill Janssen was given SVN access on 28 August 2007 by NCN,
 86  for his work on the SSL module and other things related to (SSL) sockets.
 87
 88- Jeffrey Yasskin was given SVN access on 9 August 2007 by NCN,
 89  for his work on PEPs and other general patches. 
 90
 91- Senthil Kumaran was given SVN access on 16 June 2007 by MvL,
 92  for his Summer-of-Code project, mentored by Skip Montanaro.
 93
 94- Alexandre Vassalotti was given SVN access on 21 May 2007 by MvL,
 95  for his Summer-of-Code project, mentored by Brett Cannon.
 96
 97- Travis Oliphant was given SVN access on 17 Apr 2007 by MvL,
 98  for implementing the extended buffer protocol.
 99
100- Ziga Seilnacht was given SVN access on 09 Mar 2007 by MvL,
101  for general maintenance.
102
103- Pete Shinners was given SVN access on 04 Mar 2007 by NCN,
104  for PEP 3101 work in the sandbox.
105
106- Pat Maupin and Eric V. Smith were given SVN access on 28 Feb 2007 by NCN,
107  for PEP 3101 work in the sandbox.
108
109- Steven Bethard (SF name "bediviere") added to the SourceForge Python
110  project 26 Feb 2007, by NCN, as a tracker tech.
111
112- Josiah Carlson (SF name "josiahcarlson") added to the SourceForge Python
113  project 06 Jan 2007, by NCN, as a tracker tech.  He will maintain asyncore.
114
115- Collin Winter was given SVN access on 05 Jan 2007 by NCN, for PEP
116  update access.
117
118- Lars Gustaebel was given SVN access on 20 Dec 2006 by NCN, for tarfile.py
119  related work.
120
121- 2006 Summer of Code entries: SoC developers are expected to work
122  primarily in nondist/sandbox or on a branch of their own, and will
123  have their work reviewed before changes are accepted into the trunk.
124
125  - Matt Fleming was added on 25 May 2006 by AMK; he'll be working on
126    enhancing the Python debugger.   
127
128  - Jackilyn Hoxworth was added on 25 May 2006 by AMK; she'll be adding logging
129    to the standard library.  
130
131  - Mateusz Rukowicz was added on 30 May 2006 by AMK; he'll be 
132    translating the decimal module into C.
133
134- SVN access granted to the "Need for Speed" Iceland sprint attendees,
135  between May 17 and 21, 2006, by Tim Peters.  All work is to be done
136  in new sandbox projects or on new branches, with merging to the
137  trunk as approved:
138
139  Andrew Dalke
140  Christian Tismer
141  Jack Diederich
142  John Benediktsson
143  Kristján V. Jónsson
144  Martin Blais
145  Richard Emslie
146  Richard Jones
147  Runar Petursson
148  Steve Holden
149  Richard M. Tew
150
151- Steven Bethard was given SVN access on 27 Apr 2006 by DJG, for PEP
152  update access.
153
154- Talin was given SVN access on 27 Apr 2006 by DJG, for PEP update
155  access.
156
157- George Yoshida (SF name "quiver") added to the SourceForge Python
158  project 14 Apr 2006, by Tim Peters, as a tracker admin.  See
159  contemporaneous python-checkins thread with the unlikely Subject:
160
161      r45329 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
162
163- Ronald Oussoren was given SVN access on 3 Mar 2006 by NCN, for Mac
164  related work.
165
166- Bob Ippolito was given SVN access on 2 Mar 2006 by NCN, for Mac
167  related work.
168
169- Nick Coghlan requested CVS access so he could update his PEP directly.
170  Granted by GvR on 16 Oct 2005.
171
172- Added two new developers for the Summer of Code project. 8 July 2005
173  by RDH.  Andrew Kuchling will be mentoring Gregory K Johnson for a
174  project to enhance mailbox.  Brett Cannon requested access for Flovis
175  Bruynooghe (sirolf) to work on pstats, profile, and hotshot.  Both users
176  are expected to work primarily in nondist/sandbox and have their work
177  reviewed before making updates to active code.
178
179- Georg Brandl was given SF tracker permissions on 28 May 2005
180  by RDH.  Since the beginning of 2005, he has been active in discussions
181  on python-dev and has submitted a dozen patch reviews.  The permissions
182  add the ability to change tracker status and to attach patches.  On
183  3 June 2005, this was expanded by RDH to include checkin permissions.
184
185- Terry Reedy was given SF tracker permissions on 7 Apr 2005 by RDH.
186
187- Nick Coghlan was given SF tracker permissions on 5 Apr 2005 by RDH.
188  For several months, he has been active in reviewing and contributing
189  patches.  The added permissions give him greater flexibility in
190  working with the tracker.
191
192- Eric Price was made a developer on 2 May 2003 by TGP.  This was
193  specifically to work on the new ``decimal`` package, which lived in
194  ``nondist/sandbox/decimal/`` at the time.
195
196- Eric S. Raymond was made a developer on 2 Jul 2000 by TGP, for general
197  library work.  His request is archived here:
198
199      http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-July/005314.html
200
201
202Permissions Dropped on Request
203------------------------------
204
205- Roy Smith, Matt Fleming and Richard Emslie sent drop requests.
206  4 Aug 2008 GFB
207
208- Per note from Andrew Kuchling, the permissions for Gregory K Johnson
209  and the Summer Of Code project are no longer needed.  4 Aug 2008 GFB
210
211- Per note from Andrew Kuchling, the permissions for Gregory K Johnson
212  and the Summer Of Code project are no longer needed.  AMK will make
213  any future checkins directly.  16 Oct 2005 RDH
214
215- Johannes Gijsbers sent a drop request.  27 July 2005 RDH
216
217- Flovis Bruynooghe sent a drop request.  14 July 2005 RDH
218
219- Paul Prescod sent a drop request.  30 Apr 2005 RDH
220
221- Finn Bock sent a drop request.  13 Apr 2005 RDH
222
223- Eric Price sent a drop request.  10 Apr 2005 RDH
224
225- Irmen de Jong requested dropping CVS access while keeping tracker
226  access.  10 Apr 2005 RDH
227
228- Moshe Zadka and Ken Manheimer sent drop requests.  8 Apr 2005 by RDH
229
230- Steve Holden, Gerhard Haring, and David Cole sent email stating that
231  they no longer use their access.   7 Apr 2005 RDH
232
233
234Permissions Dropped after Loss of Contact
235-----------------------------------------
236
237- Several unsuccessful efforts were made to contact Charles G Waldman.
238  Removed on 8 Apr 2005 by RDH.
239
240
241Initials of Project Admins
242--------------------------
243
244GvR:  Guido van Rossum
245NCN:  Neal Norwitz
246RDH:  Raymond Hettinger
247TGP:  Tim Peters
248DJG:  David Goodger
249MvL:  Martin v. Loewis
250GFB:  Georg Brandl