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